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Title: Following in the Footsteps of Homer, Plato, Caesar and Augustus: French-British Competition to Re-Claim Ancient Egypt After the Napoleonic Wars
Author: Mitchell , Jillian
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: History, Museums--Study and teaching
Description: Napoleon’s disastrous campaign in Egypt was a military and political failure; however, it opened up Egypt to European attention and competition. The campaign's aftermath yielded two significant developments, the Capitulation of Alexandria and the ...

Title: Historical Consciousness and Collective Identity Formation in the Kings Mountain Historical Museum
Author: Mileski, Julia
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Museums--Study and teaching
Description: Many studies have been completed on historical consciousness in museum visitors of all ages, however, the topic of collective historical consciousness as compared to the potential of a collective current identity in small, rural history museums la...

Title: Messages from the Heart: Agent Orange and Narrative Conflict in Contemporary Vietnam
Author: Blattenberger, Philip
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Social sciences--Research, Museums--Study and teaching, History
Description: For six months in 2014 the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam hosted a temporary exhibition on Agent Orange. Entitled "Agent Orange: A Message from the Heart," the exhibit’s politically benign narrative tone featured reconciliatory r...

Title: Museums in Peril: An Exploration of the Effects of Neoliberalism on History Museums in North Carolina, 1980-2020
Author: Dains, Shelby
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Museums--Study and teaching
Description: Museums in the United States first witnessed the effects of neoliberalism during Ronald Reagan’s presidency, when he worked with Congress to impose unprecedented budget cuts on the NEH. However, these economic practices have since trickled down to...