Museums in Family Life: An Ethnographic Case Study

Learning Conversations in Museums

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 81-101

  Ellenbogen, Kirsten M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410606624-8     Document Type: Chapter

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