{"product_id":"inside-the-lost-museum-curating-past-and-present-9780674971042","title":"Inside the Lost Museum  Curating Past and Present","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuseum lovers know that energy and mystery run through every exhibition. Steven Lubar explains work behind the scenes—collecting, preserving, displaying, and using art and artifacts in teaching, research, and community-building—through historical and contemporary examples, especially the lost but reimagined Jenks Museum at Brown University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGives readers a privileged peek into the storerooms, boardrooms, and curatorial offices of many storied institutions. In doing so, the book offers a scholarly snapshot of the role that museums have played throughout history, as well as the challenges they face today. Although students and interested laymen will undoubtedly gain much from Lubar’s comprehensive overview, even the most experienced museum professionals will likely learn a thing or two. -- Paul D. Brinkman * Science *\u003cbr\u003eSteven Lubar has written a wonderfully comprehensive and intriguing assessment of the impact and importance of museums by unearthing both the history of these cultural institutions and the contemporary challenges that face the field. Featuring an insider’s knowledge and a scholar’s curiosity, \u003ci\u003eInside the Lost Museum\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for those who want to understand how museums shape America’s memories and its national identity. -- Lonnie G. Bunch III, Director, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume, Steven Lubar, among the most thoughtful scholars and professionals in the field, turns ‘museum’ into a verb, taking us behind the scenes to show how collecting, exhibiting, and programming are conceived and organized. His clear, straightforward, and insightful account provides case studies as well as a larger framework for understanding museological practices, choices, historical trends, controversies, and possible futures. The treatment of art, science, and history museums and occupational roles from director and curator to exhibition designer and educator make this required reading for everyone in the museum field. -- Richard Kurin, Acting Provost and Under Secretary for Museums and Research, Smithsonian Institution\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside the Lost Museum\u003c\/i\u003e ably demonstrates that Steven Lubar is among the most perceptive historians thinking and writing about the American museum today. Equipped with intimate knowledge from years at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Lubar connects the history of early museums to what currently transpires behind the scenes, as staff debate ideas for exhibitions, wrestle with ethical dilemmas, and attempt to foster greater public participation than ever before. -- Kym Rice, Assistant Director for Academic Affairs, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, George Washington University\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside the Lost Museum \u003c\/i\u003eis a book worth wandering through, much like the capacious institutions whose histories and futures it contemplates…[A]thoughtful and feeling survey of changing practices of curation in American museums of all sorts. -- Christopher H. Heaney * Journal of Social History *\u003cbr\u003eOffers illuminating chapters on key curatorial questions about museum life…Lubar’s highly accessible book sits comfortably on museum-studies shelves alongside such works as Stephen Weil’s \u003ci\u003eMaking Museums Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, Nina Simon’s \u003ci\u003eThe Participatory Museum\u003c\/i\u003e, and Adrian George’s \u003ci\u003eThe Curator’s Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e…It could be of practical interest to people who participate in any organization, large or small, devoted to preserving or displaying art or artifacts. -- Amy Henderson * Weekly Standard *","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083558199639,"sku":"9780674971042","price":26.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674971042.jpg?v=1725549323","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inside-the-lost-museum-curating-past-and-present-9780674971042","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}