"We live in a museum age," writes Steven Conn in Do Museums Still Need Objects? And indeed, at the turn of the twenty-first century, more people are visiting mu
In this broadly conceived study Steven Conn examines the development of American museums across the twentieth century with a historian's attention and a critic'
In today’s diverse societies, museums are the primary institutions within the public sphere in which individuals can both engage critical thought and celebrat
There is an increasing interest in understanding learning and knowledge development when visitors attend informal institutions, such as museums, science centers
"This book offers a complex theoretical intervention into rhetorical education and its unrealized potential in regard to engagement with social justice"--