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Please Touch: A History of the First Four Children's Museums in the United States (1899-1965)

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The Innovation and influence of the first children’s museums in the US

When it opened in 1899, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum greeted visitors with a new experience. Rather than carefully ensconcing artifacts and curios behind protective glass, the staff took the unusual step of moving the objects out of their cases and into the hands of the children, inviting them to “please touch.” Born out of the reformist spirit of the Progressive Era, the museum represented a new kind of institution, ...