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| Preface | |
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| About the Editors | |
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| Museum Origins | |
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| Geography | |
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| Rerum Rusticarum Libri Tres | |
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| The Life and Times of Anthony Wood, Antiquary, of Oxford, 1632-1695, described by Himself, Collected from his Diaries and Other Papers | |
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| My Design in Forming this Museum | |
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| The Mount Vernon Association | |
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| A Word About Museums | |
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| The History of the Origin and Development of Museums | |
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| Museum Philosophy | |
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| An Address on the Practical Value of the American Museum | |
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| Purposes and Aims of Modern Museums | |
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| The Functions of Museums | |
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| War Museums | |
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| Museums and the People | |
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| State and Local Historical Societies | |
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| On the Ideal Relations of Public Libraries, Museums, and Art Gallery to the City | |
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| The Art Museum and the Public | |
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| English Art Connoisseurship and Collecting | |
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| The New Museum | |
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| The Use and Abuse of Museums | |
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| The Relationships and Responsibilities of Museums | |
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| Modern Museums | |
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| Museum Ideals of Purpose and Method | |
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| The New Museum | |
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| The Museum Conscience | |
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| Museum Ethics | |
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| Museum Education | |
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| The Children's Museum as an Educator | |
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| The Relation of the Museum to the Schools | |
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| If Public Libraries, Why Not Public Museums? | |
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| The Museum in Educational Work | |
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| The Museum, the Original Exponent of Visual Education | |
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| The Function of the Museum Instructor | |
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| Museums and Other Classified Collections as Instruments of Education in Natural Science | |
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| The Place of Museums in Education | |
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| The Museum's Part in the Making of Americans | |
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| The Museum's Educational Credo | |
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| Museum Exhibition | |
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| Museum for the People | |
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| The Improvements Effected in Modern Museums of Europe and Australia | |
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| The Dulness of Museums | |
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| The Anthropological Exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History | |
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| Some Principles of Museum Administration | |
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| Modern Exhibitional Tendencies of Museums of Natural History and Ethnology Designed for Public Use | |
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| Museums and Universities | |
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| On the Educational Uses of Museums | |
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| The Social Museum as an Instrument of University Teaching | |
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| The Relation of the Art Museum to a University | |
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| Training Museum Workers | |
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| Museums and Their Purpose | |
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| Philosophy of Museums with Living Collections | |
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| Botanical Gardens | |
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| The Missouri Botanical Garden | |
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| The Arnold Arboretum: What it is and Does | |
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| Zoological Gardens, a Critical Essay | |
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| The Making of a Zoological-park Masterpiece | |
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| Administration of the Public Aquarium | |
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| References | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Index | |