Defining Memory: Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities

by Amy K. Levin (contributor), David E. Kyvig (Foreword), Tami Christopher (Contributor)

Defining Memory uses case studies of exhibits from around the country to examine how local museums, defined as museums whose collections are local in scope or whose audiences are primarily local, have both shaped and been shaped by evolving community values and sense of history. Levin and her contributors argue that these small institutions play a key role in defining America's self-identity and should be studied as seriously as more national institutions like the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Genres: Museums, Nonfiction, Anthropology, History

298 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 28, 2006

Reviews

[Starbubbles · Rating 4 out of 5]

There were great articles in the book, but the selection did not match what the book stated it was trying to do by looking at small and local museums (by the book's own defination). But all in all, it was a good book.

[Audra Slaymaker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for class. Kinda boring, but interesting.