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An authoritative reference work that lists more than 200 selected museums in countries from Afghanistan to Zaire. . . . This set responds to the need for a work that offers serious researchers scholarly articles on the history and collections of the world's major museums. Choice This volume will be of great use to scholars for the valuable and frequently difficult to obtain information it provides, including facts about museum libraries and the availability of slides and photographs. Not only will it be a wonderful reference tool for researchers, but it also makes fascinating reading for the armchair traveler. Highly recommended. Library Journal

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?An authoritative reference work that lists more than 200 selected museums in countries from Afghanistan to Zaire. The articles, by 120 contributors, are arranged alphabetically by country and subarranged by city and museum name. This set responds to the need for a work that offers serious researchers scholarly articles on the history and collections of the world's major museums. Entries for each museum include history, development of the collections, administrative structure, finding, brief analysis of collections, and a short select bibliography. The front matter includes a list of contributors and an introductory essay on the art museum and society; Volume 2 ends with a glossay of terms, selected bibliography on museology in general, detailed index, and brief biographies of contributors.... Major academic, research, and art libraries will want this encyclopedic work.?-Choice

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VIRGINIA JACKSON, Editor-in-Chief, is an art historian, a certified archivist, and an art librarian. MARLENE A. PALMER, Associate Editor, is President of FEMTO Associates. ERIC M. ZAFRAN, Associate Editor, is the James A. Murnaghan Curator of Renaissance and Baroque Art at the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. VIRGINIA JACKSON, Editor-in-Chief, is an art historian, a certified archivist, and an art librarian. nelly /f James /i L. /r advisory ed.

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