With this book, museum professionals can learn how to unleash creative potential throughout their institution. Drawing from a wide range of research on creativity as well as insights from today's most creative museum leaders, the authors present a set of practical principles about how museum workers at any level-not just those in "creative positions"-can make a place for creativity in their daily practice. Replete with creativity exercises and stories from the field, the book guides readers in developing an internal culture of creative learning, as well as delivering increased value to museum audiences.

About the Author
Linda Norris is an independent museum professional who focuses on shaping compelling narratives, improving professional practice and listening to communities. She has worked on interpretive projects and developed workshops for museums and cultural organisations in the United States, Canada, and Europe including the American Association for State and Local History, Connecticut Humanities, the Berkshire Museum and the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. She was a Fulbright Scholar in 2009 and 2010 to Ukraine. Linda blogs at the Uncataloged Museum and is a co-founder of the The Pickle Project. Rainey Tisdale is an independent curator, based in Boston, who specialises in urban and local history. She spent most of the last decade working for the Bostonian Society, Boston's city historical society. In 2010 she was a Fulbright Scholar in Helsinki, Finland, and in 2011 she was a fellow at Brown University's John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities. She teaches Material Culture in the Museum Studies Graduate Program at Tufts University and blogs at CityStories.


Book Information
ISBN 9781611323085
Author Linda Norris
Format Paperback
Page Count 248
Imprint Left Coast Press Inc
Publisher Left Coast Press Inc
Weight(grams) 498g