Marjorie Schwarzer

Marjorie Schwarzer (born 1957) is an American museum educator and author of the 2020 museum textbook ''Riches, Rivals and Radicals: A History of Museums in the United States''. She is a prolific writer on issues impacting museums, especially those in the United States but also in the United Arab Emirates and other developing nations. She has authored numerous reviews, articles and books about museums. From 1996 to 2011, she was professor and chair of Museum Studies at John F. Kennedy University, California and she taught at University of San Francisco from 2012 to 2020. The first edition of ''Riches, Rivals and Radicals: 100 Years of the Museum in America'' was published in 2006 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the American Alliance of Museums. The book was the basis for public television show of the same title. Provided by Wikipedia