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Curators : behind the scenes of natural history museums / Lance Grande.
Author
Grande, Lance
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
©2017
Description
xvi, 412 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
QH31 .G67 2017
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Natural history museum curators
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Illinois
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Chicago
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Biography
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Biologists
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Illinois
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Chicago
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Biography
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Paleontologists
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Illinois
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Chicago
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Biography
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Natural history museum curators
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Curatorship
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Natural history museums
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Field Museum of Natural History
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Biography
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Grande, Lance
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Autobiographies
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Summary note
"Over the centuries, natural history museums have evolved from being little more than musty repositories of stuffed animals and pinned bugs, to being crucial generators of new scientific knowledge. They have also become vibrant educational centers, full of engaging exhibits that share those discoveries with students and an enthusiastic general public. At the heart of it all from the very start have been curators. Yet after three decades as a natural history curator, Lance Grande found that he still had to explain to people what he does. This book is the answer - and, oh, what an answer it is: lively, exciting, up-to-date, it offers a portrait of curators and their research like none we've seen, one that conveys the intellectual excitement and the educational and social value of curation. Grande uses the personal story of his own career - most of it spent at Chicago's storied Field Museum - to structure his account as he explores the value of research and collections, the importance of public engagement, changing ecological and ethical considerations, and the impact of rapidly improving technology. Throughout, we are guided by Grande's keen sense of mission, of a job where the why is always as important as the what. This beautifully written and richly illustrated book is a clear-eyed but loving account of natural history museums, their curators, and their ever-expanding roles in the twenty-first century"--Publisher.
Natural history museums have evolved from being little more than musty repositories of stuffed animals and pinned bugs, to being crucial generators of new scientific knowledge. They have also become vibrant educational centers, full of engaging exhibits that share those discoveries with students and an enthusiastic general public. Grande offers a portrait of curators and their research, conveying the intellectual excitement and the educational and social value of curation. He uses the personal story of his own career-- most of it spent at Chicago's Field Museum-- to explore the value of research and collections, the importance of public engagement, changing ecological and ethical considerations, and the impact of rapidly improving technology.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-406) and index.
Contents
Curators of natural history and human culture
Moving toward the life of a curator
Beginning a curatorial career
Staking out a field site in Wyoming
Mexico and the Hotel NSF
Willy, radioactive rayfins, and the fish rodeo
A dino named SUE
Adventures of my curatorial colleagues from the field
The spirit of K-P Schmidt and the hazards of herpetology
Executive management
Exhibition and the Grainger Hall of Gems
Grave concerns
Hunting, and conserving, lions
Saving the planet's ecosystems
Where do we go from here?
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ISBN
9780226192758 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
022619275X ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016032596
OCLC
953918859
Other standard number
40027153687
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