Description: A Companion to Museum Studies captures the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society.Collects first-rate original essays by...
Author: MACDONALD/MCINTYRE/JONES (EDS) Publisher: AltaMira Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Traditionally, city museums have been keepers of city history. Many have been exercises in nostalgia, reflecting city pride. However, a new generation of museums focuses increasingly on the city's pre...
Author: Krill, Rosemary Troy Publisher: AltaMira Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Winterthur Museum is world renowned for its decorative arts collections and its exceptional educational programs. Adapted from the training materials developed at the museum, the revised and enhanced ...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Exhibition Experiments is a lively collection that considers experiments with museological form that challenge our understanding of - and experience with - museums. Explores examples of museum experim...
Description: This volume examines the implications and consequences of the idea of 'intangible heritage' to current international academic and policy debates about the meaning and nature of cultural heritage and t...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Museums After Modernism is a unique collectionthat showcases the ways questions about the museum go to the heart of contemporary debates about the production, consumption and distribution of art. The ...
Description: Museums in the Material World seeks to both introduce classic and thought-provoking pieces and contrast them with articles which reveal grounded practice. The articles are selected from across the ful...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: New Museum Theory and Practice is an original collection of essays with a unique focus: the contested politics and ideologies of museum exhibition. Contains 12 original essays that contribute to the f...
Author: Brophy, Sarah S. Publisher: AltaMira Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Global climate conditions demand a response by institutions that are here for the long haul--as museums are--to collect, preserve, and interpret in perpetuity. Environmentally friendly practices are c...
Description: This book is an excellent contribution to debates about the politics of public culture. It will be of interest to students of sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, museum studies and science stud...
Author: Talboys, Graeme K. Publisher: Ashgate Gower Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Visits to museums have long been recognised as an important aspect of the education of young people. Graeme K. Talboys offers a comprehensive introduction for students, practising teachers and other ...
Author: N/A Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: <P><P><EM>Museums in the Material World</EM> seeks to both introduce classic and thought-provoking pieces and contrast them with articles which reveal grounded practice. The ar...
