Introduction: Thinking about museums -- Do museums still need objects? -- Whose objects? Whose culture? The contexts of repatriation -- Where is the East? -- Where have all the grown-ups gone? -- The birth and the death of a museum -- Museums, public space, and civic identity.
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Art objects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Cultural property-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Museum exhibits-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Museums-- Collection management-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Museums-- Political aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Museums-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.