USF hosts 20 science museum directors from China
In Museums in China: Power, Politics and Identities (Routledge, 2013), Tracy Lu discusses how modern museums have played a significant role in the formation of the modern Chinese state. Thousands of public museums in China attract and serve locals and tourists. More are on the way. According to Daisy Yiyou Wang, curator at the Peabody Essex Museum and former Smithsonian researcher, as of 2012, a new public museum broke ground every day in China. In comparison, at the height of its building […]
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