The invention of the American art museum: from craft to Kulturgeschichte, 1870-1930

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From craft to Kulturgeschichte -- Kulturgeschichte and the European museum -- From craft to Kulturgeschichte in Boston: the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -- Kulturgeschichte as display: the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its cognates -- Kulturgeschichte and art museums in the American midwest -- Kulturgeschichte and American nationalism -- From craft to Kulturgeschichte in Philadelphia: the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1876-1928 -- The legacy of Kulturgeschichte, decorative arts collections, and the architectural fragment.