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Capital culture : J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience
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Capital culture : J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience

Neil Harris

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Becoming Carter Brown
The National Gallery : directions and deviations
Stalking the prey : the quest for old masters
The secretary arrives : Dillon Ripley and the Smithsonian challenge
Reinventing the National Gallery : creating the East Building
"What hath Brown wrought?"
Presenting King Tut
Trouble in paradise : the light that failed
Exhibiting strategies
The secretary carries on : consolidating Dillon Ripley's administration
Minister of Culture : shaping Washington
"Treasure houses of Britain" : the anatomy of an exhibition
Campaigns and conquests
Goodbye Columbus : celebrating the quincentenary
Retirement projects.

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Capital culture : J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience by Neil Harris. ISBN 9780226067704. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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