Fostering Empathy through Museums features ten case studies with clear take-away ideas, and lessons learned by vividly illustrating a spectrum of approaches in the way museums are currently employing
American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. This groundbreaking work recounts the fasci
Wondering what a museum director actually does? About to start your first director's job? Looking for guidance in starting up a museum or working with a museum director? Hugh Genoways, Lynne Ireland,
Wondering what a museum director actually does? About to start your first director's job? Looking for guidance in starting up a museum or working with a museum director? Hugh Genoways, Lynne Ireland,
Indigenous Cultural Centers and Museums: An International Illustrated Survey documents a rich legacy of collaboration across the spatial disciplines combining creative art practice, architecture, cons
Interpreting 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. Using an internati
A chronological history of art that assembles chef d'oeuvres from all artistic disciplines around the globe and throughout the ages. This book-the first to be dedicated to the museum's collection-all
Museum and Gallery Studies: The Basics is an accessible guide for the student approaching Museum and Gallery Studies for the first time. Taking a global view, it covers the key ideas, approaches and c
It is very difficult to represent planetary change in the gallery space of a single museum, or even several. There are no obvious objects. Numbers and graphs in isolation do not make for an exciting e
Museum and Gallery Studies: The Basics is an accessible guide for the student approaching Museum and Gallery Studies for the first time. Taking a global view, it covers the key ideas, approaches and c
This volume provides an unparalleled exploration of ethics and museum practice, evaluating the past, present and future of law and regulation in museum activities following ever increasing controversy
Here, David Allison, who has worked at several museums known for effective enactments, provides the fascinating stories of three large living history museums as they adapt to changing audience expecta
Here, David Allison, who has worked at several museums known for effective enactments, provides the fascinating stories of three large living history museums as they adapt to changing audience expecta
Art Law provides a dynamic survey of topical legal and ethical issues that confront museums that acquire and display art, auction houses that sell art, libraries that exhibit art, foundations that sup
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 Mu
Art Law provides a dynamic survey of topical legal and ethical issues that confront museums that acquire and display art, auction houses that sell art, libraries that exhibit art, foundations that sup
Museum directors are beginning to question the role of their museums in the production of knowledge and participation, in creating links between the present and the past. Museum education has evolved
The 1970s saw the emergence and subsequent proliferation across the Arabian Peninsula of ‘national museums’, institutions aimed at creating social cohesion and affiliation to the state within a dispar
