Museum History Journal, Volume 1 (2008), number 1
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Volume 1, number 1 of the Museum History Journal is now avaialble from LeftCoast Press, Inc. The Table of Contents follows:

FROM THE EDITORS

OUTLOOK
The Duty to Conserve: The Importance of Natural History Museums as Exemplars of Conservation Ethics
Mary Anne Andrei

ARTICLES
Our Native Allies: The Denver Art Museums WW II Outreach Exhibits
Nancy J. Parezo

John C. Ewers and the Problem of Cultural History: Displaying American Indians at the Smithsonian in the Fifties
William S. Walker

The Idea of a National Museum for Australia
James M. Gore

The Early History of Docents in American Art Museums: 1890-1930
Katherine B. Giltinan

Natural History Discourse and Collections: The Roles of Collectors in the Southeastern Colonies of North America
Charlotte M. Porter

BOOK REVIEWS
Suzanne Zeller
A World Inside: A 150-Year History of the Canadian Museum of Civilization
by Christy Vodden and Ian Dyck

Pamela M. Henson
The Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian
by Heather P. Ewing

Ira Jacknis
Museums, Anthropology and Imperial Exchange, by Amiria
J. M. Henare

ARCHIVES
Blaschka glass model of a toothed-fin squid, Grant Museum of Zoology,
University College London

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Sincerely,
Hugh H. Genoways
Co-editor
Mary Anne Andrei
Co-editor