Museum practice

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Chichester, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2020 and ©2015

Subject:

Museum techniques

Contributor:

McCarthy, Conal, editor, writer of introduction
Macdonald, Sharon, editor
Leahy, Helen Rees, editor

ISBN:

9781119642077, 1119642078, 9781405198509, 1405198508, 9781119796626, 1119796628, 9781118829059, and 1118829050

Description:

xliv, 652 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction. Grounding museum studies : introducing practice / Conal Mccarthy -- Part I. Priorities. The essence of the museum : mission, values, vision / David Fleming ; Governance : guiding the museum in trust / Barry Lord, with Case Study By Rina Gerson ; Policies, frameworks, and legislation : the conditions under which English museums operate / Sara Selwood and Stuart Davies ; Reconceptualizing museum ethics for the twenty-first century : a view from the field / Janet Marstine, Jocelyn Dodd, and Ceri Jones ; Museum measurement : questions of value / Carol A. Scott ; Developing audiences for the twenty-first-century museum / Graham Black -- Part II. Resources. Balancing mission and money : critical issues in museum economics / Ted Silberberg and Gail Lord ; Tate and BP - oil and gas as the new tobacco? : Arts sponsorship, branding, and marketing / Derrick Chong ; From idiosyncratic to integrated : strategic planning for collections / James B. Gardner ; Collection care and management : history, theory, and practice / John E. Simmons ; The future of collecting in "disciplinary" museums : interpretive, thematic, relational / Nick Merriman ; Managing collections or managing content? : the evolution of museum collections management systems / Malcolm Chapman ; Conservation theory and practice : materials, values, and people in heritage conservation / Dean Sully -- Part III. Processes. From caring to creating : curators change their spots / Ken Arnold ; The pendulum swing : curatorial theory past and present / Halona Norton-Westbrook ; Planning for success : project management for museum exhibitions / David K. Dean ; Museum exhibition tradecraft : not an art, but an art to it / Dan Spock ; Museum exhibition practice : recent developments in Europe, Canada, and Australia / Linda Young, with Anne Whitelaw and Rosmarie Beier-De Haan ; A critique of museum restitution and repatriation practices / Piotr Bienkowski ; Rewards and frustrations : repatriation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ancestral remains by the National Museum of Australia / Michael Pickering -- Part IV. Publics. The "active museum" : how concern with community transformed the museum / Elizabeth Crooke ; Visitor studies : toward a culture of reflective practice and critical museology for the visitor-centered museum / Lee Davidson ; Translating museum meanings : a case for interpretation / Kerry Jimson ; Learning, education, and public programs in museums and galleries / John Reeve and Vicky Woollard ; Reviewing the digital heritage landscape : the intersection of digital media and museum practice / Shannon Wellington and Gillian Oliver -- Afterword. The continuing struggle for diversity and equality / Eithne Nightingale -- Museum practice and mediation : an afterword / Anthony Alan Shelton

Summary:

"Museum Practice covers the professional work carried out in museums and art galleries of all types, including the core functions of management, collections, exhibitions, and programs. Some forms of museum practice are familiar to visitors, yet within these diverse and complex institutions many practices are hidden from view, such as creating marketing campaigns, curating and designing exhibitions, developing fundraising and sponsorship plans, crafting mission statements, handling repatriation claims, dealing with digital media, and more. Focused on what actually occurs in everyday museum work, this volume offers contributions from experienced professionals and academics that cover a wide range of subjects including policy frameworks, ethical guidelines, approaches to conservation, collection care and management, exhibition development and public programs. From internal processes such as leadership, governance and strategic planning, to public facing roles in interpretation, visitor research and community engagement and learning, each essential component of contemporary museum practice is thoroughly discussed"-- Back cover

Call Number:

AM5 .M87 2020