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Beyond The Exit: Moma Design Store & The Extended Museum Experience, Anna C. Wershbale Apr 2024

Beyond The Exit: Moma Design Store & The Extended Museum Experience, Anna C. Wershbale

Undergraduate Honors Theses

American art museum attendance soared following World War II as museums became popular education and entertainment destinations for the growing middle class. Shaped by the influence of 1980s Reaganomics and the effects of neoliberal funding policies, museum shops developed from small information desk ventures into a vital source of public relevance and financial sustainability. When given creative liberty and economic attention, the now standardized amenity presented the opportunity to sell institutional ethos. In light of neoliberal capitalism’s tendency to construe value primarily in economic terms, shops reveal how the art museum strategically assigns new meaning to its collection, mission, and …

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Mysterious Messages: Masonic Imagery In Baltimore Album Quilts, Anne Bayne Battaile Jan 2000

Mysterious Messages: Masonic Imagery In Baltimore Album Quilts, Anne Bayne Battaile

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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Plaids And Broadswords Of The Altamaha, Robert K. Weber Jan 1998

Plaids And Broadswords Of The Altamaha, Robert K. Weber

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Sugar Chests In Middle Tennessee, 1800-1835, Anne Shelton Mcpherson Jan 1996

Sugar Chests In Middle Tennessee, 1800-1835, Anne Shelton Mcpherson

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Tobacco And Cloth: A Century Of Virginia Clothing Acquisition 1607-1707, Barbara Anne Curran Jan 1994

Tobacco And Cloth: A Century Of Virginia Clothing Acquisition 1607-1707, Barbara Anne Curran

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A Cultural Analysis Of Furniture-Making In Petersburg, Virginia, 1760-1820, Johnathan Prown Jan 1993

A Cultural Analysis Of Furniture-Making In Petersburg, Virginia, 1760-1820, Johnathan Prown

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Dressing Behavior In Eighteenth Century Virginia 1740-1800, Joanna Margaret Masters Jan 1993

Dressing Behavior In Eighteenth Century Virginia 1740-1800, Joanna Margaret Masters

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"I Would Not Begrudge To Give A Few Pounds More": Elite Consumer Choices In The Chesapeake, 1720-1785 The Calvert House Ceramic Assemblage, Steven Edward Patrick Jan 1990

"I Would Not Begrudge To Give A Few Pounds More": Elite Consumer Choices In The Chesapeake, 1720-1785 The Calvert House Ceramic Assemblage, Steven Edward Patrick

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Prescription And Practice: A Comparison Of Child-Care Manuals, Fashion Journals And Mail-Order Catalogues On The Subject Of Children's Dress 1875-1900, Christina Jean Bates Jan 1989

Prescription And Practice: A Comparison Of Child-Care Manuals, Fashion Journals And Mail-Order Catalogues On The Subject Of Children's Dress 1875-1900, Christina Jean Bates

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