Museums and Their Functions Lecture 07

• cours magistral - matière potentielle : functions

1Museums and Their Functions Lecture 07 North American Museums. (Part I: Origins). Introduction •Museum development lagged behind that in Europe. •First collections began in late 18th century. •Three distinctive periods: 1) Pre-Agassiz, 2) Agassiz, and Post-Agassiz. •Periods named for dominant figure Louis Agassiz (1807-73).

• holotype of peca atraria linnaeus
• •source of support through civic sponsorship
• specimens to linnaeus
• natural history
• natural sciences
• museums
• museum