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Reflections of a Culture Broker: A View from the Smithsonian by Richard Kurin 9781560987574
$30.34Is culture brokered like stocks, real estate, or marriage? In this engaging book, Richard Kurin shows that cultures are also mediated and indeed brokered by countries, organizations, communities, and individuals - all with their own vision of the truth... -
Success on the Spectrum: Practical Strategies for Engaging Neurodiverse Audiences in Arts and Cultural Organizations by Emily Wiskera 9781538171028
RRP: $58.05$51.30The role of arts and cultural institutions is changing. Once viewed as stewards of objects, institutions are increasingly upheld as stewards of people—spaces where the diversity of human experience is asserted, explored, and celebrated. As such, they... -
Language Learning in Academic Museums: New Paradigms for Cultural Study, Language Acquisition, and Campus Engagement by Heather Flaherty 9781475869729
RRP: $89.01$79.75This book is a compilation of case studies and analyses that can be used as a resource guide for college and university professors of foreign language and academic museum educators collaborating to develop new pedagogical approaches to teaching foreign... -
Essential Collection Management Kit by Godfrey Harris 9780935047820
RRP: $18.05$10.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780935047820Author Godfrey HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Americas Group Publications,U.S.Publisher Americas Group Publications,U.S... -
Conservation: MFA Highlights by Richard Newman 9780878467297
RRP: $25.80$21.53Though conservation plays a decisive role in the public's experience of artworks in museums, visitors are often unaware of what it takes to keep them vibrant, intact and in some cases existent, and until now there has never been a comprehensive,... -
Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations by Stephen E. Weil 9780874749533
$26.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874749533Author Stephen E. WeilFormat PaperbackPage Count 201Imprint Smithsonian Institution Scholarly PressPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams)... -
Exhibiting Nation: Multicultural Nationalism (and Its Limits) in Canada's Museums by Caitlin Gordon-Walker 9780774831635
RRP: $114.81$97.92This book will be of interest to scholars and students of museum studies, anthropology, and cultural studies and will also appeal to those with an interest in social and political theory.Book InformationISBN 9780774831635Author Caitlin... -
Freedom Now!: Forgotten Photographs of the Civil Rights Struggle by Martin A. Berger 9780520389717
RRP: $43.86$34.12Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
After the Ruins, 1906 and 2006: Rephotographing the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire by Mark Klett 9780520245563
$50.66How exactly has San Francisco's urban landscape changed in the hundred years since the earthquake and cataclysmic firestorms that destroyed three-quarters of the city in 1906? For this provocative rephotography project, bringing past and present into... -
Ways of Curating by Hans Ulrich Obrist 9780374535698
RRP: $21.93$13.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374535698Author Hans Ulrich ObristFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams) 136g -
The Museum Age in Austria-Hungary: Art and Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century by Matthew Rampley 9780271087115
RRP: $43.80$38.40This important critical study of the history of public art museums in Austria-Hungary explores their place in the wider history of European museums and collecting, their role as public institutions, and their involvement in the complex cultural politics... -
Utopian Ruins: A Memorial Museum of the Mao Era by Jie Li 9781478010180
RRP: $132.87$113.57In Utopian Ruins Jie Li traces the creation, preservation, and elision of memories about China's Mao era by envisioning a virtual museum that reckons with both its utopian yearnings and its cataclysmic reverberations. Li proposes a critical framework for... -
Teaching Ancient Egypt in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice by Jen Thum 9781032390543
RRP: $174.15$151.81Teaching Ancient Egypt in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice explores what best practices in museum pedagogy look like when working with ancient Egyptian material culture.The contributions within the volume reflect the breadth and collaborative nature of... -
Swansea’s Royal Institution and Wales’ First Museum by Helen Hallesy 9781837720903
RRP: $58.05$47.41The Royal Institution of South Wales is a very special organisation, one of the few such institutions to survive into the twenty-first century. Founded in 1835, it opened Wales's first museum in 1841, running it until 1990, and it remains today a... -
Too Jewish or Not Jewish Enough: Ritual Objects and Avant-Garde Art at the Jewish Museum of New York by Jeffrey Abt 9781805392774
RRP: $138.03$111.16Displays of Jewish ritual objects in public, non-Jewish settings by Jews are a comparatively re-cent phenomenon. So too is the establishment of Jewish museums. This volume explores the origins of the Jewish Museum of New York and its evolution from... -
Why the Museum Matters by Daniel H. Weiss 9780300276855
RRP: $16.76$14.78A powerful reflection on the universal art museum, considering the values critical to its history and anticipating its evolving place in our cultural future Art museums have played a vital role in our culture, drawing on Enlightenment ideals in shaping... -
Spaces of Commemoration and Communication: A Novel Approach at the Mauthausen Memorial Visitor Center by Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss 9783837667332
RRP: $58.05$46.36In times of resurgence of ultra-nationalistic and xenophobic tendencies across Europe, education and awareness-raising for all age groups about the history of the Holocaust are of paramount importance for agency and civil engagement. Stefan... -
Exhibiting Nation: Multicultural Nationalism (and Its Limits) in Canada's Museums by Caitlin Gordon-Walker 9780774831642
RRP: $39.99$34.62This book will be of interest to scholars and students of museum studies, anthropology, and cultural studies and will also appeal to those with an interest in social and political theory.Book InformationISBN 9780774831642Author Caitlin... -
America's National Gallery of Art by Philip Kopper 9780691172880
RRP: $90.30$71.90Seventy-five years ago, on the brink of America's entry into World War II, the National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, DC. Founded by Andrew W. Mellon and accepted on behalf of the nation by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mellon's gift included... -
Sacred Modern: Faith, Activism, and Aesthetics in the Menil Collection by Pamela G. Smart 9780292737587
RRP: $32.24$27.39Renowned as one of the most significant museums built by private collectors, the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, seeks to engage viewers in an acutely aesthetic, rather than pedagogical, experience of works of art. The Menil's emphasis on being moved... -
Visiting with the Ancestors: Blackfoot Shirts in Museum Spaces by Laura Peers 9781771990370
RRP: $50.31$43.72In 2010, five magnificent Blackfoot shirts, now owned by theUniversity of Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum, were brought toAlberta to be exhibited at the Glenbow Museum, in Calgary, and the GaltMuseum, in Lethbridge. The shirts had not returned to... -
Curating As Ethics by Jean-Paul Martinon 9781517908645
RRP: $125.13$106.57A new ethics for the global practice of curating Today, everyone is a curator. What was once considered a hallowed expertise is now a commonplace and global activity. Can this new worldwide activity be ethical and, if yes, how? This book argues that... -
Mind Museums: Former Asylums and the Heritage of Mental Health by Francesca Lanz 9781032193984
RRP: $64.49$56.12Mind Museums offer a fresh perspective on the heritage of mental health,bringing museums into sharp focus. Drawing on interdisciplinary approachesfrom architecture, museum and exhibition design, and heritage and museumstudies, it examines former... -
What Art Does: Using Philosophy of Technology to Talk about Art by Ryan Mitchell Wittingslow 9781538167328
RRP: $89.01$77.39The real pleasure derived from asking what artworks mean drives us to expend so much cognitive energy analysing and discussing cultural artefacts: not just the paintings, sculptures, and installations one might encounter in mainstream galleries, but also... -
The Exhibition and Experience Design Handbook by Timothy J. McNeil 9781538157985
RRP: $109.65$89.37This full-color book uses real-world examples, museum and exhibition design studio profiles, historical and contemporary voices, and draw on the author's own creative practice and exhibition making experience, as well as contributions from his extensive... -
Success on the Spectrum: Practical Strategies for Engaging Neurodiverse Audiences in Arts and Cultural Organizations by Emily Wiskera 9781538171011
RRP: $138.03$124.74The role of arts and cultural institutions is changing. Once viewed as stewards of objects, institutions are increasingly upheld as stewards of people—spaces where the diversity of human experience is asserted, explored, and celebrated. As such, they... -
An Introductory Guide to Qualitative Research in Art Museums by Ann Rowson Love 9780367205690
RRP: $174.15$151.811. This will be the first book to focus on the ways in which qualitative research can be developed and implemented by museum practitioners. 2. The book will appeal to individual researchers working in a variety of fields, including higher education,... -
Scientific Aspect of Hertiage Study by A. Bisht 9788173200588
$117.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788173200588Author A. BishtFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Agam Kala PrakashanPublisher Agam Kala PrakashanWeight(grams) 165g -
Archives of Times Past: Conversations about South Africa's Deep History by Cynthia Kros 9781776147274
$42.57Archives of Times Past explores particular sources of evidence on southern Africa's time before the colonial era. It gathers recent ideas about archives and archiving from scholars in southern Africa and elsewhere, focusing on the question: 'How do we... -
Creating Meaningful Museum Experiences for K-12 Audiences: How to Connect with Teachers and Engage Students by Tara Young 9781538146781
RRP: $100.62$97.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538146781Author Tara YoungFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 152g -
Profane Egyptologists: The Modern Revival of Ancient Egyptian Religion by Paul Harrison 9780367891015
RRP: $51.59$45.23It is widely believed that the practice of ancient Egyptian religion ceased with the end of pharaonic culture and the rise of Christianity. However, an organised reconstruction and revival of the authentic practice of Egyptian, or Kemetic religion has... -
Balkan Heritages: Negotiating History and Culture by Maria Couroucli 9780367880606
RRP: $51.59$45.23This volume deals with the relation between heritage, history and politics in the Balkans. Contributions examine diverse ways in which material and immaterial heritage has been articulated, negotiated and manipulated since the nineteenth century. The... -
European Heritage, Dialogue and Digital Practices by Areti Galani 9780367787882
RRP: $25.79$22.82European Heritage, Dialogue and Digital Practices focuses on the intersection of heritage, dialogue and digital culture in the context of Europe. Responding to the increased emphasis on the potential for heritage and digital technologies to foster... -
A Museum in Public: Revisioning Canada's Royal Ontario Museum by Susan L.T. Ashley 9780367787806
RRP: $25.79$22.82Not satisfied with the assertion that museums have taken great strides in becoming representative, relevant and open in their preoccupations, A Museum in Public contends that the supposedly public nature of their institutional role continues to be a... -
Science Museums in Transition: Unheard Voices by Hooley McLaughlin 9780367787752
RRP: $25.79$22.82Science Museums in Transition: Unheard Voices considers how museums can adapt their exhibits, programs, and organizational structures to the diversity of ideas, people, and cultures that speak to modern science. This collection contains individual... -
Museums and Centers of Contemporary Art in Central Europe after 1989 by Katarzyna Jagodzinska 9780367785611
RRP: $51.59$45.23Museums and Centers of Contemporary Art in Central Europe is a comprehensive study of the ecosystem of art museums and centers in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Focusing on institutions founded after 1989, the book analyses a... -
The Academy of San Carlos and Mexican Art History: Politics, History, and Art in Nineteenth-Century Mexico by Ray Hernandez-Duran 9780367736712
RRP: $51.59$45.23The first substantial Mexican colonial art historiography in English, this book examines the origin of the study of colonial art in Mexico as a symptom of the development of modern museum practice in mid-nineteenth-century Mexico City. Also an... -
Diversity and Philanthropy at African American Museums: Black Renaissance by Patricia A. Banks 9780367730093
RRP: $51.59$45.23Diversity and Philanthropy at African American Museums is the first scholarly book to analyze contemporary African American museums from a multifaceted perspective. While it puts a spotlight on the issues and challenges related to racial politics that... -
Snapshots of Museum Experience: Understanding Child Visitors Through Photography by Elee Kirk 9780367521226
RRP: $51.59$45.23Children are one of the major audiences for museums, but their visits are often seen solely from the point of view of museum learning. In Snapshots of Museum Experience, Will Buckingham draws upon Elee Kirk's research amongst child visitors to the Oxford... -
A History of Aboriginal Art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales by Vanessa Russ 9780367651381
RRP: $174.15$151.29In this highly original study, Vanessa Russ examines the gradual invention of Aboriginal art within the Art Gallery of New South Wales. This process occurred as the social histories of Australia expanded and recognised Aboriginal people, through wars...