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Clarissa J. Ceglio, "A Cultural Arsenal for Democracy: The World War II Work of US Museums "
English | ISBN: 1625346247 | 2022 | 240 pages | PDF | 6 MB
"Does it seem strange to think of a museum as a weapon in national defense?" asked John Hay Whitney, president of the Museum of Modern Art, in June 1941. As the United States entered the Second World War in the months to follow, this idea seemed far from strange to museums. Working to strike the right balance between education and patriotism, and hoping to attain greater relevance, many American museums saw engagement with wartime concerns as consistent with their vision of the museum as a social instrument.