Lost in the Virtual Museum
The Smithsonian Online Exhibitions, http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/category.cfm?category=online. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Reviewed 2008
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10018484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John F Mcclymer (Assumption College, corresponding author), J McClymer |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 954-956 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/27694547 |
| OpenAlex | W4249667708 |
| Language | EN |
If the Smithsonian is the nation's attic, its collection of online exhibits is more like the national equivalent of Fibber McGee's closet. In virtually every episode of the long-running radio comedy (1935–1956), when McGee would open the closet aural chaos would ensue as his treasured possessions tumbled down. There were some marvelous things in the closet, but they were not in any discernible order. McGee never quite knew what he would find when he opened the door. Visitors to the Smithsonian's online exhibits are in a similar situation. There are wonderful resources, but visitors are going to have to stumble upon them and only after rummaging through some not-so-wonderful resources. At http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/category.cfm?category=online, one encounters a list of titles of online exhibits, fifty in all. They range from ¡Azúcar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz to America on the Move to Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Closet · Exhibition · Institution · Media studies · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · History · Latin American and Latino Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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