Civilizing the Guam Museum Christine Taitano DeLisle University of Michigan University of Michigan Working Papers in Museum Studies Number 4 (2010) Museum Studies Program Charles H. Sawyer Center for Museum Studies University of Michigan Museum of Art 525 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354 Office phone: 734-936-6678 Fax: 734-786-0064 www.ummsp.lsa.umich.edu
[email protected] © 2010 University of Michigan All rights reserved The University of Michigan Museum Studies Program’s series of “Working Papers in Museum Studies” presents emerging re- search from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, all focused on the multiple concerns of the modern museum and heritage stud- ies field. Contributions from scholars, members of the museum profession and graduate students are represented. Many of these papers have their origins in public presentations made under the auspices of the Museum Studies Program. We gratefully thank the authors published herein for their participation. This paper was first presented as part of the University of Michigan Museum Studies Program’s “Issues in Museum Studies” lecture series on April 16, 2009. It is the product of research supported by a U-M Museum Studies Program Fellowship for Doc- toral Research in Museums. Tina DeLisle is a member of the 2005 cohort in the U-M Museum Studies Program and is currently a research fellow and lecturer in the Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan.
[email protected] Civilizing the Guam Museum the Guam Museum Civilizing Christine Taitano DeLisle Chamorros.5 Of particular interest is how both white and University of Michigan native members of the Legion saw the Museum as a vehicle for pushing political progress in Guam, most especially In 2006, the Guam Museum Foundation unveiled its plans U.S.