A curator of Islamic art at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, informed Malt that there are more women working as curators in Middle East museums that in US and European museums combined. The
Bringing the reader the very best of modern scholarship from the heritage community, this comprehensive reader outlines and explains the many diverse issues that have been identified and brought to th
Bringing the reader the very best of modern scholarship from the heritage community, this comprehensive reader outlines and explains the many diverse issues that have been identified and brought to th
Social anthropologists and museum scholars from Europe, Africa, and the US explore how museums are transformed into ritual sites: how scientific and technological relics, monuments to rationality and
Arising from a conference organized by Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions, these essays take on the problem of presenting sacred objects and themes in museums. The contributors, who are
This handbook presents a program for training museum interpreters how to facilitate meaningful conversations with visitors. With an emphasis on the skills of social interaction, the training framework
An outgrowth of a conference called Museums, Media, and the Public Understanding of Research, held in St. Paul, Minnesota, in September 2002, this collection of essays and articles look at how science
We all know that learning takes place in museums but what does that really mean? Who learns what and how do they learn it? Gaea Leinhardt and Karen Knutson set out to investigate these questions throu
Contributing to current debates on relationships between culture and the social, and the the rapidly changing practices of modern museums as they seek to shed the legacies of both evolutionary concept
Creating Connections looks at the public understanding of research (PUR) and how it affects what science museums do. What are the opportunities and critical issues in PUR? What strategies are working
In his new introduction to 24 slightly revised papers presented at a conference held at his campus and first published in 1999, Knell (museum studies, U. of Leicester) explains the central theme of ch
Reinventing the Museum gathers 35 seminal articles reflecting over 100 years of dialogue within the museum community about what it means to be a high-quality, relevant institution. Important reading f
The success of internet auction sites like eBay and the cult status of public television's Antiques Roadshow attest to the continued popularity of collecting in American culture. Acts of Possession
Museums throughout the world face the challenge of finding nontoxic methods to control insect pests. This book focuses on practical rather than theoretical issues in the use of oxygen-free environment
Intended for personnel in small to mid-sized museums, this handbook offers practical advice on developing and marketing a tour concept, organizing data on objects in the exhibition and potential venue
Possessors and Possessed analyzes how and why museums--characteristically Western institutions--emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. Shaw argues that, rather than directly emulating
Preventive conservation and non destructive techniues of analysis applied to a range of materials - from Rembrandt to Roman coins; from aero engines to alkyd resins; from hats to hallmarks; manuscript
An illustrated guide to the best small museums in Pennsylvania that provides directions and visiting hours for entertaining collections of everything from spittoons to trolley cars. A Keystone Book
