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 Read “What is the Object of this Exercise? A Meandering Exploration of the Many Meanings of Objects in Museums

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” by Elaine Heumann Gurian, Daedalus, Vol. 128, No. 3, America’s Museums (Summer, 1999) and “How Objects Speak

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” by Peter N. Miller, The Chronicle of Higher Education Chronicle Review, August 11, 2014 and write a 4- page essay which compares and contrasts the authors’ respective views. Conclude your essay by applying the argument(s) to your experience(s) during your most memorable visit(s) to a museum exhibition.