Brent Glass
Brent Glass | |
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| Born | Brent D. Glass 1946 (age 78–79) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Lafayette College New York University University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Harvard University |
Brent D. Glass (born 1947) is a public historian who pioneered influential oral history and material culture studies and was Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History from 2002-2011. He is an author and international speaker on cultural diplomacy and museum management. He writes on topics ranging from state-of-the-museum blogs to public memory, historic literacy, historic preservation, and industrial history.