Introduction. The American museum as social instrument -- Toward a material rhetoric of social instrumentality -- Materializing the good neighborhood -- The exhibitionary network and hemispheric citizenship -- War comes to the museum -- Witnessing war fare : the construction of …
""Does it seem strange to think of a museum as a weapon in national defense?" asked John Hay Whitney, president of the Museum of Modern Art, in June 1941. As the United States entered the Second World War in the months to follow, this idea seemed far from strange to museums. Wor…
""Does it seem strange to think of a museum as a weapon in national defense?" asked John Hay Whitney, president of the Museum of Modern Art, in June 1941. As the United States entered the Second World War in the months to follow, this idea seemed far from strange to museums. Wor…