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Museum History Journal é uma revista americana sobre museologia (http://www.lcoastpress.com/). Teve início em 2008 e publica agora novo número. A responsabilidade da edição cabe a Hugh H. Genoways (University of Nebraska State Museum) e Mary Anne Andrei (Corcoran Department of History - University of Virginia).About the JournalA new, refereed international publication of critical evaluative histories relating to museums, to be published semi-annually by Left Coast Press, Inc., beginning in 2008. The term "museum" will be interpreted to include not only a broad range of museum types, including natural history, anthropology, archaeology, fine art, history, medical, and science and technology, but also related cultrual institutions, such as aquaria, zoos, botanical gardens, arboreta, historical societies and sites, architectural sites, archives, and planetariums. A variety of scholarly approaches, such as analytical, narrative, historical, cultural, social, quantitative, and intellectual, are anticipated.January 2009Vol. 2, N. 1Table of Contents*From the Editors**Feature Articles*Wax Bodies: Art and Anato my in Victorian Medical MuseumsSamuel J. M. M. AlbertiNarrativity and the Museological: Myths of NationalityDonald PreziosiMatter of Fact: Biographies and Zoological SpecimensTaika DahlbomFrederic Ward Putnam, Chicago's Cultural Philanthropists, and the Founding of the Field MuseumPaul D. Brinkman*Book Reviews*Museum Skepticism: A History of the Display of Art In Public Galleries by David Carrierreviewed by Bruce RobertsonMuseums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums, second edition by Edward P. Alexander and Mary Alexanderreviewed by Suzanne M. FischerReturn to Alexandria: An Ethnography of Cultural Heritage, Revivalism, and Museum Memory by Beverley Butlerreviewed by Tiffany JenkinsAll Creatures: Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850 - 1950 by Robert E. Kohlerreviewed by Charlotte M. Porter*Archive*Earliest known photographic portraits of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln, celebrating the bicentennial of their births on February 9, 2009......................................Para encomendar este número ou assinar a revista (bi-anual) pode visitar o seguinte site:http://www.lcoastpress.com/journal_issue.php?id=113#subinfoJournal ISSN: 1936-9824Issue ISBN: 978-1-59874-828-4Mais informações, contactar Stefania Van Dyke at Museums@LCoastPress.comMuseums@LCoastPress.comwww.LCoastPress.com