Curators : behind the scenes of natural history museums

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Curators : behind the scenes of natural history museums

Title remainder

behind the scenes of natural history museums

Statement of responsibility

Lance Grande

Creator

• trueGrande, Lance

Author

• trueGrande, Lance

Subject

• Autobiographies
• Biologists -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
• Curatorship
• Curatorship
• trueExcavations (Paleontology)
• Field Museum of Natural History
• Field Museum of Natural History -- Biography
• Grande, Lance
• Illinois -- Chicago
• trueMuseum curators
• trueMuseum exhibits
• trueMuseums -- Collection management
• Natural history museum curators
• trueNatural history museum curators
• Natural history museum curators -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
• trueNatural history museums
• Natural history museums
• truePaleontologists
• Paleontologists
• Paleontologists -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
• truePaleontology
• Biologists
• trueBiologists

Genre

• Autobiographies
• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

• "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

Writing style

• trueEngaging
• trueRichly detailed

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

ICU/DLC

Dewey number

• 508.092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography