This is an Author Manuscript of an entry published in the Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. The Version of Record citation: Lubar S. (2018) Heritage Museums …
What effect does managerial structure have on technological style? In this paper I will examine the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, to investigate that question.
In the 1830s and 1840s cities and towns throughout the United States looked to railroads to bring them prosperity. Yet decisions to build railroads were …
Museums and universities should work together to increase historical knowledge and disseminate it among a wider public. Both have much to gain, for their capabilities …
This seminar on curatorial practice considers collecting as well as exhibitions and other forms of interpretation. We will visit museums, read historical, theoretical, and critical …
This course surveys public humanities work, including cultural heritage preservation and interpretation, museum collecting and exhibition, informal education, and cultural development. It also provides an …
In 1893, the Cataract Construction Company, after four years of deliberation, decided that the power generated by its turbines at Niagara Falls would be transmitted …
This course surveys public humanities work, including cultural heritage preservation and interpretation, museum collecting and exhibition, informal education, and cultural development. It also provides an …
The place of industry, a quintessentially modem enterprise, is less certain in today's postmodern world. Are we in a postindustrial era? An epoch of de-industrialization? …
Inventors, the purchasers of patent rights, and the users of patented goods all have economic interests in the framing and interpretation of patent law. These …
This case study examines the curatorial challenges of producing a very large exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History from 1999 to 2003. …
This course explores museum collecting and collections, focusing on the ways that museums care for their collections, make them available, and use them for research …
This seminar examines in detail aspects the internal workings of museums (of anthropology, art, history, science, etc.) and their place in their communities. Accessions, collections …
This class, a foundational course for the MA in Public Humanities with preference given to American Studies graduate students, will address the theoretical bases of …
