AM11 .C63 2010 

Conn , Steven 

Do museums still need objects? / Steven Conn 

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010 

262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm 

Includes bibliographical references and index 

Introduction : Thinking about museums -- Do museums still need objects? -- Whose objects? Whose culture? The contexts of repatriation -- Where is the East? -- Where have all the grown-ups gone? -- The birth and the death of a museum -- Museums, public space, and civic identity 

Museums -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century 

Museums -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century 

Art objects -- United States -- History -- 20th century 

Museums -- United States -- History -- 20th century 

Museum exhibits -- United States -- History -- 20th century 

Museums -- Collection management -- United States -- History -- 20th century 

Cultural property -- United States -- History -- 20th century