Engaging Smithsonian objects through science, history, and the arts

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

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2016

Description matérielle
v, 310 pages ; 26 cm.

Note générale
"A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge."

Vedette-matière - nom collectif
Smithsonian Institution -- Exhibitions.
 
Smithsonian Material Culture Forum.

Terme de vedette-matière
Material culture.
 
Museum exhibits -- Social aspects.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Arnoldi, Mary Jo.

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781935623168

Informations de publication
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, [2016]


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Edmonton Christian High069 ARNBook30905000121727Non-Fiction