Art Museums of the World Afghanistan-Nigeria, Norway-Zaire

'œAn authoritative reference work that lists more than 200 selected museums in countries from Afghanistan to Zaire. The articles, by 120 contributors, are arranged alphabetically by country and subarranged by city and museum name. This set responds to the need for a work that offers serious researchers scholarly articles on the history and collections of the world's major museums. Entries for each museum include history, development of the collections, administrative structure, finding, brief analysis of collections, and a short select bibliography. The front matter includes a list of contributors and an introductory essay on the art museum and society; Volume 2 ends with a glossay of terms, selected bibliography on museology in general, detailed index, and brief biographies of contributors.... Major academic, research, and art libraries will want this encyclopedic work.'' ChoiceJackson, Virginia is the author of 'Art Museums of the World Afghanistan-Nigeria, Norway-Zaire' with ISBN 9780313213229 and ISBN 0313213224.