Museum Administration & Museology

A Practical Guide to Fundraising for Small Museums: Maximizing the Marketing-Development Connection turns the traditional development program on its ears, as it starts with the needs of donors rather than the needs of the organization. Just like...

Technology and Digital Initiatives: Innovative Approaches for Museums discloses the ways in which technology is used as a means of communicating with visitors through podcasts, apps, websites, and blogs; as an educational enhancement through off-site...

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As the American Alliance of Museums' (AAM) Standing Professional Committees Council tells us "exhibitions are the public face of museums. The effective presentation of collections and information in exhibitions is an activity unique to museums, and it is...

Although cultural diplomacy has become an increasingly fashionable term embraced by academics, foreign-service personnel, and private sector commercial and cultural interests, the very practice of this idea remains conspicuously challenging to define...

This book draws from the author's nearly three-decade career of being "the only one in the room". Cecile Shellman builds a process for individualizing, identifying, and prioritizing DEAI challenges; acknowledges key universal challenges in...

Monument Culture: International Perspectives on the Future of Monuments in a Changing World brings together a collection of essays from scholars and cultural critics working on the meanings of monuments and memorials in the second decade of the...

This comprehensive history of museums begins with the origins of collecting in prehistory and traces the evolution of museums from grave goods to treasure troves, from the Alexandrian Temple of the Muses to the Renaissance cabinets of curiosities, and...

Performing History: How to Research, Write, Act, and Coach Historical Performance addresses those areas that are of greatest challenge to novice historical performers. Historical performers must approach the process that is their work with a respect for...

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Collections Care and Stewardship: Innovative Approaches for Museums considers best practices and innovations related to documenting collections with regard to movement and safe handling of items for transport, display, photography, and treatment;...

For volunteers or staff at small organizations, collections management can be a daunting task. Archives for the Lay Person is a guidebook for people who care for historical records, photographs, and collections but do not have the appropriate...

In an era of expanded responsibility and constricted funding, museum personnel often need strong practical guidance on the best practices for building projects. The authors of Planning Successful Museum Building Projects discuss the reasons for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088234006Author B Alan BourgeoisFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 141g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998847429Author Nancy ProctorFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint MusewebPublisher MusewebWeight(grams) 558g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538171998Author Beth Redmond-JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

Aimed at museum educators, Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today seeks to marry museum and multicultural education theories. It reveals how the union of these theories yields more equitable educational practices and guides museum educators to address...

The impetus for the first edition was violent actions---the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, which was touched off by discussions about removing a statue to Robert E. Lee, and resulted in the death of Heather Heyer. Since the...

The Value of Museums makes the case that the niche museums has always been public well-being. This guide shows museums how to assess and communicate that essential public value. About the AuthorJohn H. Falk is executive director of the Institute for...

Here’s a concise, easy-to-understand guide to the objective of the philanthropic gift. This book emphasizes endowment building and eliminates the confusion built into the terms “gift planning”, “legacy giving” and “planned giving”. It focuses on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788771242126Author Liv Emma ThorsenFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Aarhus University PressPublisher Aarhus University Press

The national park idea first emerged in the United States with the establishment of Yellowstone in 1872. Today there are at least 7,000 national parks in 140 countries around the world. But all face growing challenges from rapid environmental change,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933253121Author William B. CrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint American Association of MuseumsPublisher American Association of...

Provenance research is an international discipline, just as the art and cultural property it traces are international in origin and influence. At AAM's 2004 International Provenance Research Colloquium, specialists from North America met with colleagues...

How do you ensure that your building and collections remain both safe and accessible? What are the best ways to avoid fire, flood, and other disasters? How do you combat overcrowding, infestation, and daily wear-and-tear? This book offers the very latest...

This timely collection of peer-reviewed papers and short essays seek to bridge the longstanding gap between natural and cultural heritage when it comes to landscape management. To this end, the editors foster a combined approach to both domains by...

Here is will be a practical guide based on deep research that helps art museum educators understand the role and value of spaces designed for families and helps them to create dedicated spaces for intergenerational play and learning.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538139240Author Elizabeth NosekFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 152g

This book covers the history of intervention theory, initial research including interviews with thirty professional artists, curators, and administrators, working in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States with narratives that reflected both the...

New Directions for University Museums is intended to help university museum leaders to help them plan strategically in the context of the issues and needs of the 2020s by examining trends affecting them and directions in response to those forces. It will...

Wearable textiles hold their own stories of trade, manufacture and regionalism, just to name a few; they also tell a personal tale of the individuals who created our history. When we look at a piece of clothing, a coat, a dress, an undergarment, we see...

Since its publication in 2008, Exhibit Makeovers has been a useful do-it-yourself handbook for museum staff and volunteers. Exhibit Makeovers is a workbook that provides grounding in interpretive principles, how-to-advice, step-by-step guidance, and...

Nearby History by David E. Kyvig and Myron A. Marty is one of the essential volumes on any public historian's bookshelf and syllabus. Whereas every other "how to do history" book seems aimed at fledgling academic historians and grounds its advice on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780931201516Author Ann MintzFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint American Association of MuseumsPublisher American Association of MuseumsWeight(grams) 408g

LGBT individuals and families are increasingly visible in popular culture and local communities; their struggles for equality appear regularly in news media. If history museums and historic sites are to be inclusive and relevant, they must begin...

Beyond the Turnstile argues that museums are indispensable to civil society, especially in an era in which museums often are reduced to cultural businesses or "edu-tainment" sites. Is it inevitable that a museum's success will be measured solely by how...

Since it was first published in 2006, Riches, Rivals and Radicals has been the go-to text for introductory museum studies courses. It is also of great value to professionals as well as museum lovers who want to learn the stories behind how and why these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933253893Author Randolph DelehantyFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint American Association of MuseumsPublisher American Association of...

Winner of the 2018 Ontario Museum Association Award of Excellence Creating Exhibits that Engage: A Manual for Museums and Historical Organizations is a concise, useful guide to developing effective and memorable museum exhibits. The book is full of...

Although much has been written in recent years on what museum visitors actually experience, there is little research-backed guidance available for developing meaningful exhibits and programs for specific educational purposes. Deborah Perry looks at what...