Texts

Susan Pearce. Museums, Objects, and Collections: A Cultural Study (Washington: Smithsonian, 1992).

Ivan Karp and Steven Lavine (eds.). Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display (Washington: Smithsonian, 1991).

Ivan Karp, Christine Kreamer, and Steven Lavine (eds.). Museums and Communities: The Politics of Public Culture (Washington: Smithsonian, 1992).

American Association of Museums. Excellence and Equity: Education and the Public Dimension of Museums (Washington: AAM, 1992).

These texts should be available for purchase in the Coop Bookstore, but if you can't find them, order online. The first three will be used throughout; Handler and Gable will be used at the end. Other readings will be provided in photocopied form in the GSLIS laboratory or on reserve (if I can get them) at PCL.