Collecting the Globe : The Salem East India Marine Society Museum
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Public History in Historical Perspective
ISBN-10
1625344724
ISBN-13
9781625344724
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Imprint
University of Massachusetts Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 29th, 2020
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
372 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 15.20 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Museology and heritage studiesMuseology & heritage studiesHistory of the AmericasHistory of the AmericasAntiques & collectablesAntiques, vintage and collectablesAntiques & collectables: scientific & musical instrumentsAntiques, vintage and collectables: instruments, implements and tools
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Presents the first in-depth exploration of the East India Marine Society Museum. Offering fresh perspectives on museums in the US before the Civil War and how they helped shape an American identity, George Schwartz explores the practices of collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting a diversity of international objects and art in the early US.
The East India Marine Society Museum was one of the most influential collecting institutions in nineteenth-century America. From 1799 to 1867, when Salem, MassachuSetts, was a premier American port and launching pad for international trade, the museum's collection developed at a nexus of global exchange, with donations of artwork, crafts, and flora and fauna pouring in from distant ports of call. At a time when the country was filled with Barnum-esque exhibitions, visitors to this museum could circumnavigate the globe and gain an understanding of the world and their place within it.
Collecting the Globe presents the first in-depth exploration of the East India Marine Society Museum, the precursor to the internationally acclaimed Peabody Essex Museum. Offering fresh perspectives on museums in the United States before the Civil War and how they helped shape an American identity, George H. Schwartz explores the practices of collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting a diversity of international objects and art in the early United States.
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