Editorial.(historic development of and social views toward museums)(Brief Article)(Editorial)

The Magazine Antiques | October 1, 2001 | Copyright

A "Museum" in the American sense of the word means a place of amusement, wherein there shall be a theatre, some wax figures, a giant and a dwarf or two, a jumble of pictures, and a few live snakes. In order that there may be some excuse for the use of the word, there is in most instances a collection of stuffed birds, a few preserved animals, and a stock of oddly assorted and very dubitable curiosities; but the mainstay of the "Museum" is the "live art," that is, the theatrical performance, the precocious manikins, or the intellectual dogs and monkeys.

Edward P. ...

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