Riches, Rivals and Radicals

100 Years of Museums in America - New Edition

Marjorie Schwarzer

Marjorie Schwarzer

Distributed for American Alliance of Museums Press

268 pages | 200 color plates | 9 x 11 1/2
Paper $49.95 ISBN: 9781933253756 Will Publish February 2013
Highly illustrated, exhaustively researched, and eminently readable, this new edition of Riches, Rivals and Radicals describes the rise of the museum in the United States from the early twentieth century to the early twenty-first—a story that parallels the historic changes in American society. Through the decades, museums transformed themselves from cabinets of curiosity to centers of civic pride and prestige and emblems of our shared heritage, good and bad. With a rich cast of characters and admirable narrative sweep, Marjorie Schwarzer brings to life the deep impact that museum culture had on society at large and vice versa. Published in celebration of the American Alliance of Museums’ centennial and The Year of the Museum, Riches, Rivals and Radicals reveals the history of museums to be a gripping and remarkable facet of our American past. This new edition includes a new afterword by the author, and the main text has been updated and revised.

The Seattle Times, on the previous edition
“Utterly engaging. . . . A surprising page-turner!”

Leslie Bedford, Bank Street College of Education
“This long overdue celebration of the American museum is witty, wise and exhaustively researched, yet eminently readable. As Schwarzer masterfully helps us understand, the history of American museums is the story of American democracy.”

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