Honors 3900

Natural History Museums

• List of Natural History Museums and Collections, Worldwide
• American Association of Museums
• International Council of Museums

Peale's Museum (Philadelphia)	Smithsonian (Washington, D.C.)	California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco)
American Museum of Natural History (New York City)	Field Museum (Chicago)	Utah Museum of Natural History

A museum is a "non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates, and exhibits for the purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment" ICOM, 1995.

Readings:

• "A Word About Museums," The Nation, July 27, 1865 (Complete)

• Spencer F. Baird's Vision for a National Museum

• Deiss WA. 1980. "Spencer F. Baird and his Collectors."  J. Soc. Biblphy. Nat. Hist. 9(4): 635-645.

• Goldstein D. 1994.  "'Yours for Science': The Smithsonian Institution's correspondents and the shape of scientific community in nineteenth-century America."  Isis 85(4):  573-599.

• Spencer LT. 1968.  "Filling in the gaps: a survey of nineteenth century institutions associated with the exploration and natural history of the American West."  American Zoologist 26(2):  371-380.

• Hendrickson WB.  1973.  "Science and culture in the American Middle West."  Isis 64(3):  326-340.

• Tierney, Dominic.  "Jefferson's Army of Nation Builders."  New York Times, 10 Nov 2010.

• Rothstein, Edward.  "The World as America Dreamed It."  New York Times, 27 July 2011.