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The Resource Mermaids, mummies, and mastodons : the emergence of the American museum : [exhibition], edited by William T. Alderson for the Baltimore City Life Museums, Baltimore, Md

Mermaids, mummies, and mastodons : the emergence of the American museum : [exhibition], edited by William T. Alderson for the Baltimore City Life Museums, Baltimore, Md

Label
Mermaids, mummies, and mastodons : the emergence of the American museum : [exhibition]
Title
Mermaids, mummies, and mastodons
Title remainder
the emergence of the American museum : [exhibition]
Statement of responsibility
edited by William T. Alderson for the Baltimore City Life Museums, Baltimore, Md
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
069/.0973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
AM11
LC item number
.M56 1992
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1926-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Alderson, William T.
  • American Association of Museums
  • Baltimore City Life Museums
  • Peale Museum
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Peale family
  • Barnum, P. T.
  • Museums
Label
Mermaids, mummies, and mastodons : the emergence of the American museum : [exhibition], edited by William T. Alderson for the Baltimore City Life Museums, Baltimore, Md
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • "The ... exhibition ran from Dec. 1, 1990 to June 30, 1992 at the Peale Museum in Baltimore"--p. 17
  • BK
  • CONV
  • BATCH-UPD
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-99) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Mermaids, mummies, and mastodons: an exhibition on the evolution of early American museums / Edward P. Alexander -- Entrepreneurs and intellectuals: natural history in early American museums / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt -- A timeline of the Peale family, 1814-1829 -- In pursuit of a profit / John W. Druel -- A timeline of Peale's Baltimore museum, 1814-1829 -- Peale's museum: politics, idealism, and public patronage in the early republic / Ruth Helm -- Social class and participation in Peale's Philadelphia museum / David R. Brigham
Control code
000149452
Dimensions
23 x 29 cm.
Extent
104 pages
Isbn
9780931201158
Lccn
92029830
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 149452
  • 155447
  • (OCoLC)26589699
Label
Mermaids, mummies, and mastodons : the emergence of the American museum : [exhibition], edited by William T. Alderson for the Baltimore City Life Museums, Baltimore, Md
Publication
Note
  • "The ... exhibition ran from Dec. 1, 1990 to June 30, 1992 at the Peale Museum in Baltimore"--p. 17
  • BK
  • CONV
  • BATCH-UPD
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-99) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Mermaids, mummies, and mastodons: an exhibition on the evolution of early American museums / Edward P. Alexander -- Entrepreneurs and intellectuals: natural history in early American museums / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt -- A timeline of the Peale family, 1814-1829 -- In pursuit of a profit / John W. Druel -- A timeline of Peale's Baltimore museum, 1814-1829 -- Peale's museum: politics, idealism, and public patronage in the early republic / Ruth Helm -- Social class and participation in Peale's Philadelphia museum / David R. Brigham
Control code
000149452
Dimensions
23 x 29 cm.
Extent
104 pages
Isbn
9780931201158
Lccn
92029830
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 149452
  • 155447
  • (OCoLC)26589699

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