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    Capital culture : J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience / Neil Harris.
    by Harris, Neil, 1938- author.
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    Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
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  • Brown, J. Carter (John Carter), 1934-2002.
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  • National Gallery of Art (U.S.) -- History.
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    9780226067704 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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    608 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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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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    Traces the career of J. Carter Brown, who changed perceptions of museums by developing new exhibits and experiences while working as the director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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