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Leadership, Mission, and Governance

Small Museum Toolkit, Book One

by Cherie Cook, Elizabeth Merritt, Sara Gonzales, Harold Skramstad, Susan Skramstad, Teresa Goforth, Bob Beatty, Steve Friesen, Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, Katie Anderson1 ...

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Small museums face the same challenges as large museums on a tighter budget and with fewer resources. Navigating these obstacles requires strong leadership and effective governance. The creation and use of planning documents and a clear mission and vision are essential to pursuing the long-term health of an organization. This book features concise, grounded approaches to finding and articulating ... Read more

$46.99 USD

Small museums face the same challenges as large museums on a tighter budget and with fewer resources. Navigating these obstacles requires strong leadership and effective governance. The creation and use of planning documents and a clear mission and vision are essential to pursuing the long-term health of an organization. This book features concise, grounded approaches to finding and articulating
... Read more
Reaching and Responding to the Audience

Small Museum Toolkit, Book Four

by Stacy Klingler, Kara Edie, Conny Graft, Barbara B. Walden, Kat Burkhart, Candace Tangorra Matelic, Bob Beatty, Tamara Hemmerlein ...

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Museums exist to serve their audiences; however, the scope of this charge is constantly being challenged and changed. This book looks at new roles small museums have taken as they find ways to become irreplaceable members of the community, engaging with and advocating for their audience—from large-scale marketing and public relations efforts to welcome signs and entrances. Book Five encourages ... Read more

$46.99 USD

Museums exist to serve their audiences; however, the scope of this charge is constantly being challenged and changed. This book looks at new roles small museums have taken as they find ways to become irreplaceable members of the community, engaging with and advocating for their audience—from large-scale marketing and public relations efforts to welcome signs and entrances. Book Five encourages
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Interpretation: Education, Programs, and Exhibits

Small Museum Toolkit, Book Five

by Stephen Hague, Laura Keim, Madeline C. Flagler, Teresa Goforth, Eugene Dillenburg, Janice Klein, Rebecca Martin, Bob Beatty ...

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Programs, tours and exhibits are the meat-and-potatoes of what most museums do to meet their missions to educate the public. Interpretation helps make small museums compelling so that the public understands that they are more than a repository of dusty objects. This book considers researching and designing exhibits and best practices for sharing the stories with your audiences. It explores how to ... Read more

$46.99 USD

Programs, tours and exhibits are the meat-and-potatoes of what most museums do to meet their missions to educate the public. Interpretation helps make small museums compelling so that the public understands that they are more than a repository of dusty objects. This book considers researching and designing exhibits and best practices for sharing the stories with your audiences. It explores how to
... Read more
Play All Night!

Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East

by Bob Beatty ...

The origin story of a groundbreaking albumThe 1971 Allman Brothers Band album At Fillmore East was a musical manifesto years in the making. In Play All Night!, Bob Beatty dives deep into the motivations and musical background of band founder Duane Allman to tell the story of what made this album not just a smash hit, but one of the most important live rock albums in history.Featuring insights from ... Read more

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The origin story of a groundbreaking albumThe 1971 Allman Brothers Band album At Fillmore East was a musical manifesto years in the making. In Play All Night!, Bob Beatty dives deep into the motivations and musical background of band founder Duane Allman to tell the story of what made this album not just a smash hit, but one of the most important live rock albums in history.Featuring insights from
... Read more

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Stewardship: Collections and Historic Preservation

Small Museum Toolkit, Book Six

by Bruce Teeple, Patricia L. Miller, Julia Clark, Jackie Hoff, Nicolette B. Meister, Julie A. Reilly, Bob Beatty, Scott Carrlee ...

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Proper collections care, planning, and conservation is an essential responsibility for a museum of any size, but funding for these obligations often falls to the bottom of funding priorities because its constituencies are the quietest. Small museums need affordable ways to provide basic care for their collections and the tools to lobby for additional funds for the long-term health of collections. ... Read more

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Proper collections care, planning, and conservation is an essential responsibility for a museum of any size, but funding for these obligations often falls to the bottom of funding priorities because its constituencies are the quietest. Small museums need affordable ways to provide basic care for their collections and the tools to lobby for additional funds for the long-term health of collections.
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An American Association for State and Local History Guide to Making Public History

Edited by Bob Beatty ...

Series series American Association for State and Local History
Gain insight into history organizations of all shapes and sizes in this book, which addresses the opportunities and challenges of public historians’ work through the prism of the past, present, and future of our communities and institutions, as well as the public history field itself. Featuring essays from some of the leading thinkers in the profession, this book not only looks at major themes as ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Gain insight into history organizations of all shapes and sizes in this book, which addresses the opportunities and challenges of public historians’ work through the prism of the past, present, and future of our communities and institutions, as well as the public history field itself. Featuring essays from some of the leading thinkers in the profession, this book not only looks at major themes as
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Zen and the Art of Local History

Edited by Carol Kammen, Bob Beatty ...

Series series American Association for State and Local History
Zen and the Art of Local History is an engaging, interactive conversation that conveys the exciting nature of local history.Divided into six major themes the book covers the scope and breadth of local history:• Being a Local Historian• Topics and Sources• Staying Relevant• Getting it Right• Writing History• History OrganizationsEach chapter features one of Carol Kammen’s memorable editorials from ... Read more

$55.09 USD

Zen and the Art of Local History is an engaging, interactive conversation that conveys the exciting nature of local history.Divided into six major themes the book covers the scope and breadth of local history:• Being a Local Historian• Topics and Sources• Staying Relevant• Getting it Right• Writing History• History OrganizationsEach chapter features one of Carol Kammen’s memorable editorials from
... Read more
Financial Resource Development and Management

Small Museum Toolkit, Book Two

by Brenda Granger, Allyn Lord, Benjamin J. Hruska, Bob Beatty, Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko ...

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Small museums must adopt policies of financial responsibility and stability if they are to last. Through an organized commitment to transparency and accountability, small museums can achieve sound financial management just like their larger counterparts. This book offers sample fiscal policies, guides to fundraising plans, and budgeting templates to help small museums manage their money ... Read more

$46.99 USD

Small museums must adopt policies of financial responsibility and stability if they are to last. Through an organized commitment to transparency and accountability, small museums can achieve sound financial management just like their larger counterparts. This book offers sample fiscal policies, guides to fundraising plans, and budgeting templates to help small museums manage their money
... Read more
Organizational Management

Small Museum Toolkit, Book Three

by Claudia J. Nicholson, Patricia Anne Murphy, Patricia L. Miller, Amanda Wesselmann, Eileen McHugh, Bob Beatty ...

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Effectively managing people, facilities, and partnerships can make or break an institution. Museum operations encompasses responsibility for the maintenance of your structure, the safety of your visitors, and the security of your staff and collections. This behind-the-scenes administrative effort is rarely what calls people to work in museums, but good organizational management keeps your ... Read more

$46.99 USD

Effectively managing people, facilities, and partnerships can make or break an institution. Museum operations encompasses responsibility for the maintenance of your structure, the safety of your visitors, and the security of your staff and collections. This behind-the-scenes administrative effort is rarely what calls people to work in museums, but good organizational management keeps your
... Read more
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Play All Night!

Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East

by Bob Beatty ...

Narrated by Chris Abernathy ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

The 1971 Allman Brothers Band album At Fillmore East was a musical manifesto years in the making. Bob Beatty dives deep into the motivations of band founder Duane Allman to tell the story of what made this album one of the most important live rock albums in history.Beatty chronicles how Allman rejected the traditional route of music business success and built a band that was at its best jamming ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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The 1971 Allman Brothers Band album At Fillmore East was a musical manifesto years in the making. Bob Beatty dives deep into the motivations of band founder Duane Allman to tell the story of what made this album one of the most important live rock albums in history.Beatty chronicles how Allman rejected the traditional route of music business success and built a band that was at its best jamming
... Read more

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Brothers and Sisters

The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s

by Alan Paul ...

Narrated by Alan Paul ...

Unabridged

11 hours 45 min

This program is read by the author and contains more than 40 never-before-heard interviews with the band members.New York Times bestselling author Alan Paul's in-depth narrative look at the Allman Brothers' most successful album, and a portrait of an era in rock and roll and American history.The Allman Brothers Band’s Brothers and Sisters was not only the band’s best-selling album at over ... ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

This program is read by the author and contains more than 40 never-before-heard interviews with the band members.New York Times bestselling author Alan Paul's in-depth narrative look at the Allman Brothers' most successful album, and a portrait of an era in rock and roll and American history.The Allman Brothers Band’s Brothers and Sisters was not only the band’s best-selling album at over ...
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Conservation Concerns

A Guide for Collectors and Curators

by Konstanze Bachmann ...

Written in accessible, nontechnical language, this book's twenty-three essays provide invaluable conservation guidelines for a variety of materials and media. Focusing also on proper storage techniques and environmental control, contributors offer information on emergency planning, disaster management, and identifying damages that may require professional treatment. ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Written in accessible, nontechnical language, this book's twenty-three essays provide invaluable conservation guidelines for a variety of materials and media. Focusing also on proper storage techniques and environmental control, contributors offer information on emergency planning, disaster management, and identifying damages that may require professional treatment.
... Read more

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