This book examines the historical context of museums, their collections, and the objects that form them. Susan M. Pearce probes the psychological and social rea
Bringing together the most significant papers on the interpretation of objects and collections, this volume examines how people relate to material culture and w
This volume brings together for the first time the most significant papers on the interpretation of objects and collections and examines how people relate to ma
Museum Matters tells the story of Mexico's national collections through the trajectories of its objects. The essays in this book show the many ways in which thi
As an historical account of the exchange of “duplicate specimens” between anthropologists at the Smithsonian Institution and museums, collectors, and school