日志
170年前的3家中国博物馆
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第一个博物馆在费城
最早的美国中国搜藏家是Nathan Dunn。In 1838, he opened the “Chinese Museum” in Philadelphia, with an accompanying 120-page catalog, Ten Thousand Chinese Things.
1843鸦片战争结束，美国对中国兴趣剧增
He built a "Chinese cottage" in Mt. Holly, New Jersey,[16] which for many years was run by his half-sisters Phoebe and Rhoda
Ten thousand things relating to China and the Chinese: an epitome of the genius, government, history, literature, agriculture, arts, trade, manners, customs, and social life of the people of the Celestial Empire; together with a synopsis of the Chinese Collection
by Dunn, Nathan, 1782-1844
PA 1847-1851 - Chinese Museum Building (时代背景 奴隶制) 博物馆关门了但是那栋大厦依然叫 Chinese Museum Building 里面召集南北战争大会
MA 1845， Boston另外一本介绍是纽约的
Boston 找了两个华人当讲解 Arshowe？ Chaoong（ Oong, Arshowe）
Marlboro Chapel
The Chinese Museum opened in Boston in 1845 and moved to Philadelphia two years later. John R. Peters, Jr., producer of the museum and author of the museum's catalogue (Print Ref. / DS / 714 / .B6 / 1845a), had been a member of Caleb Cushing's diplomatic mission to China that negotiated the Treaty of Wang-hsia in 1844.
Circa date based on lithographer's name and address and the years that the Chinese Museum was located in Boston.Guide to, or descriptive catalogue of the Chinese Museum, in the Marlboro' Chapel, Boston, with miscellaneous remarks upon the government, history, religions, literature, agriculture, arts, trade, manners and customs of the Chinese. By John R. Peters, jr. To be had only at the Museum
1847年谈到费城的这个和英国NATHAN一样，纽约COSNER的展览是1850年后开始，NATHAN去世后拍卖一部分给了Barnum
https://www.amazon.com/address-delivered-Marlboro-Chapel-Boston/dp/127566492X Garrison 演讲 (时代背景 奴隶制)
https://www.nps.gov/places/marlboro-church.htm
New York
尽管都叫《中华大观》但是纽约这套是PTBarnum从死在英国的Quaker 商人Nathan Dunn那里买下来的。
PT Barnum 从Nathan Dun Collection 借了一部分在 539 Broadway 商人豪宅里 NYC Cosner HOUSE展览过。所以才有这个小册子。
St. Clair, Michael (2016). The Great Chinese Art Transfer: How So Much of China's Art Came to America. Lanham, Maryland: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 8. ISBN 9781611479102. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
https://book.douban.com/series/32547
