Twilight At Conner Prairie - The Creation, Betrayal, and Rescue of a Museum

Informationen zum Autor Berkley W. Duck, III serves on the Board of Directors for Conner Prairie Museum, Inc. and as Chairman of the Board for Conner Prairie Foundation, Inc. He also served as Chairman of the Board and President of Save the Prairie, Inc., a non-profit corporation organized to secure the independence of Conner Prairie from Earlham College. Twilight at Conner Prairie follows the development of the museum, the conflicts of interest created by the terms of founder Eli Lilly's gifts, and the breakdown of the relationship between the museum and its trustee, Earlham College. Author Berkley Duck, who served on Conner Prairie's independent board of directors when the board and CEO were dismissed, provides an inside look at what went wrong at Conner Prairie and how it was put to right.

Product details

• Authors: Berkley W Duck, Berkley W. Duck, Berkley W. Duck III
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2011
• EAN: 9780759120105
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-2010-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: American Association for State & Local History; American Association for State; American Association for State; American Association for State & Local History; American Association for State and Local History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, Museology & heritage studies, Oral History;Public History