Engaging Smithsonian objects through science, history, and the arts

Título
Engaging Smithsonian objects through science, history, and the arts

Resumen
How do we come to know the world around us? What about worlds apart from our own--outer space, distant cultures, or even long-past eras of history?Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts explores these questions and suggests an answer: we come to know our world and worlds apart through the objects that represent them. --Publisher.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2016

Descripción física
v, 310 pages ; 26 cm.

Nota general
"A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge."

Materia corporativa
Smithsonian Institution -- Exhibitions.
 
Smithsonian Material Culture Forum.

Término de la materia
Material culture.
 
Museum exhibits -- Social aspects.

Autor añadido
Arnoldi, Mary Jo.

Síntesis
How do we come to know the world around us? What about worlds apart from our own--outer space, distant cultures, or even long-past eras of history?Engaging Smithsonian Objects through Science, History, and the Arts explores these questions and suggests an answer: we come to know our world and worlds apart through the objects that represent them. --Publisher.

ISBN
9781935623168

Información de publicación
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, [2016]


BibliotecaSignatura topográficaTipo de materialCódigo de barras del documentoEstado
Edmonton Christian High069 ARNBook30905000121727Non-Fiction