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To Give and To Receive: A Handbook on Collection Gifts and Donations for Museums and Donors by Sharon Smith Theobald 9781538128831
RRP: £85.00£74.51This authoritative guide from the American Alliance of Museums and overseen by a blue-ribbon Editorial Advisory Board is intended for museums and donors alike, on the donation process, current standards and best practices, ethical and legal issues, and... -
Creating Exhibits That Engage: A Manual for Museums and Historical Organizations by John Summers 9781442279353
RRP: £85.00£74.91Winner 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... -
Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites by Joel Stone 9781442279070
RRP: £79.00£69.74Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites lays the groundwork for keeping this heritage alive in museums and historic sites. It provides the broadest spectrum of discussion and direction for those approaching new installations, projects... -
Manual of Digital Museum Planning by Ali Hossaini 9781442278950
RRP: £125.00£109.35The Manual of Digital Museum Planning is a comprehensive guide to digital planning, development, and operations for museum professionals and students of museums studies and arts administration. In the tradition of Lord Cultural Resource's renowned... -
Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums by Edward P. Alexander 9781442278790
RRP: £99.00£87.56Here is a complete introduction to the history of museums, types of museums, and the key roles that museums play in the twenty-first century. Following an introductory chapter looking at what a museum is today, Part I looks at the history and types of... -
Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sites by Gretchen Buggeln 9781442269453
RRP: £95.00£83.52Interpreting Religion at Museums and Historic Sites encourages readers to consider the history of religion as integral to American culture and provides a practical guide for any museum to include interpretation of religious traditions in its programs and... -
Interpreting Naval History at Museums and Historic Sites by Benjamin J. Hruska 9781442263673
RRP: £78.00£68.88Interpreting Naval History at Museums and Historic Sites demonstrates the broad appeal of naval themed commemoration, centering on military aspects from both times of war and peace. Transcending place and time, naval history is shaped into public... -
Cemetery Tours and Programming: A Guide by Rachel Wolgemuth 9781442263178
RRP: £78.00£68.48Cemetery Tours and Programming: A Guide shows the range and opportunities of cemetery programming that go beyond basic starting points like dog-walking or traditional historic walking tours. It illustrates the reuses of both historic and contemporary... -
Interpreting Food at Museums and Historic Sites by Michelle Moon 9781442257207
RRP: £78.00£68.88Food is such a friendly topic that it's often thought of as a "hook" for engaging visitors - a familiar way into other topics, or a sensory element to round out a living history interpretation. But it's more than just a hook - it's a topic all... -
Interpreting Agriculture at Museums and Historic Sites by Debra A. Reid 9781442230101
RRP: £85.00£74.91Interpreting Agriculture in Museums and Historic Sites orients readers to major themes in agriculture and techniques in education and interpretation that can help you develop humanities-based public programming that enhance agricultural literacy. Case... -
On the Road Again: Developing and Managing Traveling Exhibitions by Rebecca Buck 9781538130773
RRP: £35.00£30.95Organizing a traveling exhibition for the first time or the tenth time? On the Road Again: Creating and Managing Traveling Exhibitions, Second Edition, covers all one needs to know about putting together an exhibition that travels to multiple venues... -
Making Dinosaurs Dance: A Toolkit for Digital Design in Museums by Barry Joseph 9781538159736
RRP: £96.00£83.98This book takes the readers behind the scenes to learn how the American Museum of Natural History innovated visitor digital engagement through a public-facing iterative design process while highlighting design techniques used both there and at museums... -
Making History: Makerspaces for Museums and Historic Sites by Tim Betz 9781538169018
RRP: £73.00£64.18This book shows the importance of the Maker Movement for museums and historic sites, and presents a roadmap to building, planning, researching, and using a makerspace alongside more traditional museum programming. It calls for a revitalization of living... -
Beyond the Numbers: Budgeting for Museum Professionals by Kristine Zickuhr 9781538156384
RRP: £80.00£70.20The book is particularly suited for staff members in small or medium-sized museums who are interested in understanding and developing basic budgets. It would also serve as a helpful resource for individuals advancing into leadership positions which... -
Rebranding: A Guide for Historic Houses, Museums, Sites, and Organizations by Jane Mitchell Eliasof 9781538148891
RRP: £69.00£59.99If you're part of the leadership team of a small historic house museum or historical society, you might consider rebranding -- either renaming your organization or developing a new look - to make your organization more appealing to a younger, more... -
Beyond the Bake Sale: Fundraising for Local History Organizations by Jamie Simek 9781538148785
RRP: £37.00£32.66Beyond the Bake Sale: Fundraising for Local History Organizations meets organizations where they are, cutting through all of the assumptions and mumbo-jumbo, taking professional fundraising strategies and scaling them to an accessible level.Book... -
Effective Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism Practices for Museums: From the Inside Out by Cecile Shellman 9781538155998
RRP: £65.00£56.57This 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... -
Heritage Studies: Methods and Approaches by Marie Louise Stig Sorensen 9780415431842
RRP: £135.00£117.68This is the first volume specifically dedicated to the consolidation and clarification of Heritage Studies as a distinct field with its own means of investigation. It presents the range of methods that can be used and illustrates their application... -
Cultural Heritage Tourism: Five Steps for Success and Sustainability by Cheryl M. Hargrove 9781442278837
RRP: £62.00£54.41Every place has a story to tell, often found in historic sites or cultural traditions of the people who settled or currently live in a community, city, region or state. When these stories and places are shared with visitors, this activity becomes what is... -
Great Exhibits!: An Exhibit Planning and Construction Handbook for Small Museums by Beth Hansen 9781442270756
RRP: £79.00£64.88Building informative and interesting exhibits is challenging for small museums. Even museums with minimal budgets can produce quality exhibits with guidance from Great Exhibits! An Exhibit Planning and Construction Handbook for Small Museums. Using... -
A Life in Museums: Managing Your Museum Career by Greg Stevens 9781933253701
£34.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933253701Author Greg StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint American Association of MuseumsPublisher American Association of MuseumsWeight(grams)... -
The Museum Manager's Compendium: 101 Essential Tools and Resources by John W. Jacobsen 9781442271371
RRP: £85.00£75.51The Museum Manager's Compendium: 101 Essential Tools and Resources helps you make and implement your decisions as a museum manager and strategic planner. This book's 101 sections present a treasure trove of definitions, diagrams, processes, choices, and... -
The New Museum: Selected Writings by John Cotton Dana by John Cotton Dana
RRP: £47.00£38.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780931201646Author John Cotton DanaFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint American Association of MuseumsPublisher American Association of... -
The Educational Role of the Museum by Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
RRP: £135.00£117.68Grounded in the solid strengths of its first edition, this updated and revised second edition, collates recent and important articles that address the relationships of museums and galleries to their audiences. The Educational Role of the Museum has... -
The Future of Museum and Gallery Design: Purpose, Process, Perception by Suzanne MacLeod
RRP: £135.00£117.68The Future of Museum and Gallery Design explores new research and practice in museum design. Placing a specific emphasis on social responsibility, in its broadest sense, the book emphasises the need for a greater understanding of the impact of museum... -
Collections Management by Anne Fahy
RRP: £54.99£48.12Collections Management brings together leading papers exploring some of the major issues affecting collections management. Providing information about initiatives and issues for anyone involved in collections management, Fahy identifies the main issues... -
Museums and Difference by Daniel J. Sherman
RRP: £23.99£21.24Museums, modern concepts of culture, and ideas about difference arose together and are inextricably entwined. Relationships of difference-notably, of gender, ethnicity, nationality, and race-have become equally important concerns of scholarship in... -
Museum Registration Methods by John E. Simmons
RRP: £85.00£76.11Since the first edition was published in 1958, Museum Registration Methods has defined the profession and served as a fundamental reference to all aspects of collections registration, care, and management. The sixth edition of Museum Registration Methods... -
Colonialism and the Object: Empire, Material Culture and the Museum by Tim Barringer 9780415157766
RRP: £37.99£33.38Drawing together an international group of scholars from a variety of disciplinary and cultural backgrounds, Colonialism and the Object explores the impact of colonial contact with other cultures on the material culture of both the colonized and the... -
Art Law: A Concise Guide for Artists, Curators, and Art Educators by Michael E. Jones 9781442263154
£53.77Between the countless works of art in the world and numerous laws on their care, the task of deciphering correct procedure can seem daunting. In Art Law: A Concise Guide for Artists, Curators, and Art Educators, Michael E. Jones breaks down the legal... -
Museum Collections Management: A Handbook by Freda Matassa
£83.12This landmark publication is the first to draw together all aspects of museum collections management in one handbook. It is designed for anyone with responsibility for a cultural collection and covers everything a collections manager needs to know. It... -
Museum, Media, Message by Eilean Hooper-Greenhill 9780415198288
RRP: £53.99£46.87Collecting together a group of talented writers, Museum, Media, Message considers, in depth, the most up-to-date approaches to museum communication including: museums as media; museums and audience; and the evaluation of museums. Addressing the need for... -
Museum Exhibition Planning and Design by Elizabeth Bogle 9780759122307
RRP: £70.00£61.24Great exhibits are never an accident. Planning effective exhibits is a demanding process that requires the designer to consider many different aspects and navigate numerous pitfalls while moving a project from concept to reality. In Museum Exhibition... -
The Green Museum: A Primer on Environmental Practice by Sarah S. Brophy 9780759123236
RRP: £48.00£42.05Environmentally friendly practices are crucial to the mission of museums, which, as houses of preservation, are uniquely suited to modeling green behavior and sustainability. The Green Museum remains the leading handbook for museums seeking to learn ways... -
Museum Management by Ford Russell
RRP: £39.99£35.06Collecting a selection of essential writings by some of the leading authors in the field, Kevin Moore examines the developments in, and effectiveness of, museum management in a world dominated by new and exciting heritage and leisure attractions.The... -
Monument Culture: International Perspectives on the Future of Monuments in a Changing World by Laura A. Macaluso 9781538114155
RRP: £38.00£33.51Monument 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... -
Museum Exhibition: Theory and Practice by David Dean
RRP: £61.99£53.61Museum Exhibition is the only textbook of its kind to consider exhibition development using both theory and practice in an integrated approach. This comprehensive study covers care of exhibits, writing accompanying text, using new technology, exhibition... -
Museums in a Troubled World: Renewal, Irrelevance or Collapse? by Robert R. Janes 9780415463010
RRP: £45.99£40.13Are Museums Irrelevant? Museums are rarely acknowledged in the global discussion of climate change, environmental degradation, the inevitability of depleted fossil fuels, and the myriad local issues concerning the well-being of particular communities -... -
Exhibition Experiments by Sharon Macdonald 9781405130776
RRP: £37.95£33.36Exhibition Experiments is a lively collection that considers experiments with museological form that challenge our understanding of - and experience with - museums. Explores examples of museum experimentalism in light of cutting-edge museum theoryDraws... -
Museum Collection Ethics: Acquisition, Stewardship, and Interpretation by Steven Miller 9781538135204
RRP: £30.00£26.68Collection ethics - the third rail of the museum profession. What are the encompassing issues museum face regarding how they acquire, keep and work with their collections? Museum Collection Ethics discusses the complexities inherent in preserving and...