The Museum Makers : : The Story of the Royal Ontario Museum / / Lovat Dickson.

Mummies, dinosaurs, Persian textiles, exotic fishes, European bronzes, fossils, early Canadian furniture, artifacts of the Native peoples of Canada, rare Chinese ceramics, and a Ming tomb with its guardian figures - all these and much more are to be found in the galleries of the Royal Ontario Museum...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1993
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (214 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Beginnings
  • 2. The Founders
  • 3. Laying the Foundations
  • 4. The Opening
  • 5. The Age of Innocence
  • 6. The End of the Beginning
  • 7. Education in the Museum
  • 8. Gaining Ground
  • 9. Bishop as Archaeologist
  • 10. In Search of an Identity
  • 11. A Time of Transition
  • 12. Taking Stock
  • 13. A New Era
  • 14. Calmer Waters
  • 15. Stormy Petrel
  • 16. Projecting the Future
  • 17. Planning the Future
  • 18. Expansion and Renovation
  • 19. Mankind Discovering
  • 20. Epilogue
  • Notes and References
  • Index