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Mermaids, Mummies, and Mastodons : The Emergence of the American Museum by William T. Alderson (1992, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAmerican Association of Museums
ISBN-100931201152
ISBN-139780931201158
eBay Product ID (ePID)712017

Product Key Features

Number of Pages104 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMermaids, Mummies, and Mastodons : the Emergence of the American Museum
Publication Year1992
SubjectUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, United States / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorWilliam T. Alderson
Subject AreaTravel, History
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight14.4 Oz
Item Length11.1 in
Item Width8.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN92-029830
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal069/.0973
SynopsisAs the nation's first museum directors, Charles Wilson Peale, and his sons Rembrandt and Rubens, laid the foundation of the modern American museum., A "Feejee mermaid," the skeletal remains of a "wooly mammoth," and a "cabinet of learned turkies which will dance to music," were attractions at Baltimore's Peale Museum in the early 1800s. As the nation's first museum directors, Charles Wilson Peale, and his sons Rembrandt and Rubens, laid the foundation of the modern American museum.
LC Classification NumberAM11.M56 1992