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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory |
| Title, Analytic | German Ideas and Practice in American Natural History Museums |
| Author, Monographic | Geitz, Henry//Heideking, Juergen//Herbst, Jurgen |
| Title, Monographic | German Influences on Education in the United States to 1917 |
| Place of Publication | Washington, D.C.; Cambridge; New York |
| Publisher | German Historical Institute; Cambridge University Press |
| Date of Publication | 1995 |
| Location in Work | 103-114 |
| Abstract | The examples in this essay point to a pattern of involvement by Germans in American museums in the nineteenth century that emphasized, among other things, the educational potential of museum materials. Historians of education have indicated that science in public as well as private schools derived more from German than English philosophy and practice in the nineteenth century. There was an evident parallel in museums, which pulled and in some cases were pushed by local school officials and teachers to provide resources and special instruction. The German influence, however, was inevitably complex, and the outcomes were unpredictable. |
| Call Number | MKI/MEM LA 216 G47 1995 |
| MKI Terms | Museums/ United States/ History/ German influence/ 19th century/ Education |