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"The Art of Civilization" America on Display in Peale's Museum.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	"The Art of Civilization" America on Display in Peale's Museum./
Author:	Keller, Laura.
Description:	143 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 54-04.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International54-04(E).
Subject:	Museum studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1587857
ISBN:	9781321722536

"The Art of Civilization" America on Display in Peale's Museum.
Keller, Laura.

"The Art of Civilization" America on Display in Peale's Museum. - 143 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 54-04.

Thesis (M.A.)--Arizona State University, 2015.

In this thesis, I examine the inclusion of American Indians as museum subjects and participants in Charles Willson Peale's Philadelphia Museum. To determine the forces that informed Peale's curatorship, I analyze Peale's experiences, personal views on education and scientific influences, specifically Carl Linnaeus, George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and Thomas Jefferson. Peale created a polarized natural history narrative divided between Anglo-Americans and races that existed in a "natural state." Within the museum's historical narrative, Peale presented Native individuals as either hostile enemies of the state or enlightened peacekeepers who accepted the supremacy of Americans. Peale's embrace of Native visitors demonstrated a mixture of racial tolerance and belief in racial hierarchy that also characterized democratic pedagogy. I derive the results by examining Peale's correspondence, diaries and public addresses, as well as administrative documents from the museum such as accession records, guidebooks, lectures and museum labels. I conclude that although Peale believed his museum succeeded in promoting tolerance and harmony among all cultures, his message nevertheless promoted prejudice through the exaltation of "civilized men." By studying the social and intellectual constraints under which Peale operated, it is possible to see the extent to which observation of and commentary on ethnic and racial groups existed in America's earliest public culture and shaped early American museum history. Contemporary museums strive for cultural preservation and tolerance, therefore analysis of Peale's intentions and effects may increase the self-awareness of today's museum professionals.

ISBN: 9781321722536Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122775
Museum studies.

"The Art of Civilization" America on Display in Peale's Museum.
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