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Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts (2016)

Arnoldi, Mary Jo (Editor)

Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Publication date: 2016
Language: English

ISBN: 9781935623168

Publication Date: 2016
Physical Details: 310

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Material culture Museums Things; objects in the world Artifacts Exhibits Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.)

How do we come to know the world around us? What about worlds apart from our own--outer space, distant cultures, or even long-past eras of history?Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts explores these questions and suggests an answer: we come to know our world and worlds apart through the objects that represent them.

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Review Barbara Maria Stafford (April 2017) Review of "Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts". Technology and Culture (pp. 618-620). unapi

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