Practicality and Value: Historical Influences on Museum Studies in the United States
The emphasis on the practical concerns and quotidian duties of the museum worker characterizes US Museum Studies as vocational training, rather than a more theoretical field of study. Such practicality is often attributed to the American* focus on individualism, pragmatism and sometimes empiricism....
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| الحاوية / القاعدة: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/iss, |
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| التنسيق: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| اللغة: | Anglais |
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ICOFOM Study Series
2018
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| الملخص: | The emphasis on the practical concerns and quotidian duties of the museum worker characterizes US Museum Studies as vocational training, rather than a more theoretical field of study. Such practicality is often attributed to the American* focus on individualism, pragmatism and sometimes empiricism. The reality is that American Museum Studies is a child of Industrial Age thinking and a clear descendent of British origins. It is concerned with the tracking and protection of wealth and punctuated by the lingering Puritanical requirement of usefulness in all things. This article will summarize two art museum models that arose in the United States following its Civil War and the impact of these models on the subsequent emergence of the first Museum Studies course in the US.* For ease and clarity, I use the term “American” to denote the United States culture. |
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