Author: American Museum of Natural History
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ISBN:
Category : NAtural history
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The American Museum Journal
Author: American Museum of Natural History
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : NAtural history
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : NAtural history
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The American Museum Journal
Author: American Museum of Natural History
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way
Author: Colin Davey
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823287076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Tells the story of the building of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium, a story of history, politics, science, and exploration, including the roles of American presidents, New York power brokers, museum presidents, planetarium directors, polar and African explorers, and German rocket scientists. The American Museum of Natural History is one of New York City’s most beloved institutions, and one of the largest, most celebrated museums in the world. Since 1869, generations of New Yorkers and tourists of all ages have been educated and entertained here. Located across from Central Park, the sprawling structure, spanning four city blocks, is a fascinating conglomeration of many buildings of diverse architectural styles built over a period of 150 years. The first book to tell the history of the museum from the point of view of these buildings, including the planned Gilder Center, The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way contextualizes them within New York and American history and the history of science. Part II, “The Heavens in the Attic,” is the first detailed history of the Hayden Planetarium, from the museum’s earliest astronomy exhibits, to Clyde Fisher and the original planetarium, to Neil deGrasse Tyson and the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and it features a photographic tour through the original Hayden Planetarium. Author Colin Davey spent much of his childhood literally and figuratively lost in the museum’s labyrinthine hallways. The museum grew in fits and starts according to the vicissitudes of backroom deals, personal agendas, two world wars, the Great Depression, and the Cold War. Chronicling its evolution―from the selection of a desolate, rocky, hilly, swampy site, known as Manhattan Square to the present day―the book includes some of the most important and colorful characters in the city’s history, including the notoriously corrupt and powerful “Boss” Tweed, “Father of New York City” Andrew Haswell Green, and twentieth-century powerbroker and master builder Robert Moses; museum presidents Morris K. Jesup, Henry Fairfield Osborn, and Ellen Futter; and American presidents, polar and African explorers, dinosaur hunters, and German rocket scientists. Richly illustrated with period photos, The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way is based on deep archival research and interviews.
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823287076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Tells the story of the building of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium, a story of history, politics, science, and exploration, including the roles of American presidents, New York power brokers, museum presidents, planetarium directors, polar and African explorers, and German rocket scientists. The American Museum of Natural History is one of New York City’s most beloved institutions, and one of the largest, most celebrated museums in the world. Since 1869, generations of New Yorkers and tourists of all ages have been educated and entertained here. Located across from Central Park, the sprawling structure, spanning four city blocks, is a fascinating conglomeration of many buildings of diverse architectural styles built over a period of 150 years. The first book to tell the history of the museum from the point of view of these buildings, including the planned Gilder Center, The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way contextualizes them within New York and American history and the history of science. Part II, “The Heavens in the Attic,” is the first detailed history of the Hayden Planetarium, from the museum’s earliest astronomy exhibits, to Clyde Fisher and the original planetarium, to Neil deGrasse Tyson and the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and it features a photographic tour through the original Hayden Planetarium. Author Colin Davey spent much of his childhood literally and figuratively lost in the museum’s labyrinthine hallways. The museum grew in fits and starts according to the vicissitudes of backroom deals, personal agendas, two world wars, the Great Depression, and the Cold War. Chronicling its evolution―from the selection of a desolate, rocky, hilly, swampy site, known as Manhattan Square to the present day―the book includes some of the most important and colorful characters in the city’s history, including the notoriously corrupt and powerful “Boss” Tweed, “Father of New York City” Andrew Haswell Green, and twentieth-century powerbroker and master builder Robert Moses; museum presidents Morris K. Jesup, Henry Fairfield Osborn, and Ellen Futter; and American presidents, polar and African explorers, dinosaur hunters, and German rocket scientists. Richly illustrated with period photos, The American Museum of Natural History and How It Got That Way is based on deep archival research and interviews.
Museum Worlds
Author: Sandra Dudley
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9780857459558
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Museum Worlds: Advances in Research' is a new, multidisciplinary, refereed, annual journal from Berghahn Journals that will publish work that significantly advances knowledge of global trends, case studies and theory relevant to museum practice and scholarship around the world. It aims to trace and comment on major regional, theoretical, methodological and topical themes and debates, and encourage comparison of museum theories, practices, and developments in different global settings. Each issue includes a conversation piece on a current topic, as well as peer reviewed scholarly articles and review articles, book and exhibition reviews, and news on developments in museum studies and related curricula in different parts of the world. Drawing on the expertise and networks of a global Editorial Board of senior scholars and museum practitioners, the journal will both challenge and develop the core concepts that link different disciplinary perspectives on museums by bringing new voices into ongoing debates and discussions.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9780857459558
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Museum Worlds: Advances in Research' is a new, multidisciplinary, refereed, annual journal from Berghahn Journals that will publish work that significantly advances knowledge of global trends, case studies and theory relevant to museum practice and scholarship around the world. It aims to trace and comment on major regional, theoretical, methodological and topical themes and debates, and encourage comparison of museum theories, practices, and developments in different global settings. Each issue includes a conversation piece on a current topic, as well as peer reviewed scholarly articles and review articles, book and exhibition reviews, and news on developments in museum studies and related curricula in different parts of the world. Drawing on the expertise and networks of a global Editorial Board of senior scholars and museum practitioners, the journal will both challenge and develop the core concepts that link different disciplinary perspectives on museums by bringing new voices into ongoing debates and discussions.
The Museums Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
"Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890-1909. Comp. by Charles Madeley": v. 9, p. 427-452.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
"Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890-1909. Comp. by Charles Madeley": v. 9, p. 427-452.
Annual Report
Author: New Jersey State Museum, Trenton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
Book Description
American Museum Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Museums Journal
Author: Elijah Howarth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
"Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890-1909. Comp. by Charles Madeley": v. 9, p. 427-452.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
"Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890-1909. Comp. by Charles Madeley": v. 9, p. 427-452.
Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum
Author: New Jersey State Museum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Bibliographical Series
Author: University of Minnesota
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description