Brent's votes on the list Essential Museum Books

Listopia > Brent's votes on the list Essential Museum Books (30 Books)

1	Stewards of the Sacred by Lawrence R. Sullivan (Editor) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions O F Museums by Edward P. Alexander 3.59 avg rating — 241 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Artifacts and Allegiances: How Museums Put the Nation and the World on Display by Peggy Levitt 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Museum Frictions: Public Cultures/Global Transformations by Ivan Karp (Editor) 3.28 avg rating — 39 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power by Susan E. Cahan 4.13 avg rating — 47 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and Its Treasures During World War II by Gerri Chanel (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 553 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Medical Museums: Past, Present, Future by Michael G. Rhode (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History by Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 1,071 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Reflections of a Culture Broker by Richard Kurin 3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Poetic Museum: Reviving Historic Collections by Julian Spalding 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Objects and Others: Essays on Museums and Material Culture (Volume 3) (History of Anthropology) by George W. Stocking Jr. (Editor) 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display by Ivan Karp (Editor) 3.89 avg rating — 186 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Museums and Communities: The Politics of Public Culture by Ivan Karp (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 40 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics by Tony Bennett 3.72 avg rating — 139 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Danny Danziger 3.83 avg rating — 689 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	A Curator's Quest: Building the Museum of Modern Art's Painting and Sculpture Collection, 1967-1988 by William Rubin 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Rogues' Gallery: The Secret History of the Moguls and the Money that Made the Metropolitan Museum by Michael Gross (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 571 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum by Richard Fortey 3.73 avg rating — 1,485 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong by James W. Loewen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,153 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	the quality instinct: Seeing art through a museum director's eye by Maxwell L. Anderson 3.62 avg rating — 34 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Thomas Hoving 3.84 avg rating — 1,069 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums by Maggie Fergusson (editor) 3.83 avg rating — 305 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums by Mabel O. Wilson 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture by Mabel O. Wilson 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Who Owns Antiquity?: Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage by James Cuno 3.44 avg rating — 179 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Defining Memory: Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities by Amy K. Levin (contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice by David Pilgrim 4.50 avg rating — 197 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Sex in the Museum: My Unlikely Career at New York's Most Provocative Museum by Sarah Forbes (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 322 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Bone Rooms: From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums by Samuel J. Redman (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 131 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Contesting Knowledge: Museums and Indigenous Perspectives by Susan Sleeper-Smith (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars