FIRST LOOK: The Essential Guide to Jersey City Museum

First Look provides exceptional insight into the 106-year history of the museum: from its first location on the top floor of the Jersey City Public Library to its current home on Montgomery Street. Essays by the museum’s curator Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Ph.D. and American Studies scholar Alan Wallach, Ph.D., illustrate how the museum’s role has both impacted and been influenced by the changing character of Jersey City. Originally focused on the display of artifacts representative of American material culture, the Jersey City Museum has now grown to embrace the acquisition and exhibition of contemporary art by emerging and under-represented artists. Today the museum’s permanent collection contains over 20,000 objects, of which over 150 are represented by color reproductions in First Look.

Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Rutgers (February 25, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813539633
ISBN-13: 978-0813539638
Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 0.6 inches