Geoffrey D. Lewis
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Director of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, England, 1977–89. President, International Council of Museums, 1983–89. Author of For Instruction and Recreation: A Centenary History of the Museums Association and others.
Primary Contributions (11)
Museum, institution dedicated to preserving and interpreting the primary tangible evidence of humankind and the environment. In its preserving of this primary evidence, the museum differs markedly from the library, with which it has often been compared, for the items housed in a museum are mainly…
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