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  • Registration Methods for the Small Museum

    Series series American Association for State and Local History
    Registration Methods for the Small Museum has been the definitive guide to registration methodology for small museums since 1978. The book covers all aspects of the registration process and provides practical solutions for the small museum professional in a concise, readable manner. This step-by-step guide begins with developing policy and takes the reader through acquisition, numbering, ... Read more

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    The Myth of the Death of Newspapers

    by Marc Edge ...
    In Greatly Exaggerated: The Myth of the Death of Newspapers, Marc Edge dives deep into the history and finances of North American newspapers and media conglomerates, and comes up with a surprising conclusion: the newspaper business is far more healthy and profitable than believed. They've been roiled by greedy Wall Street investors, the doctrine of media "convergence," and of course the internet, ... Read more

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  • Private History in Public

    Exhibition and the Settings of Everyday Life

    Series series American Association for State and Local History
    In small community museums, truck stops, restaurants, bars, barbershops, schools, and churches, people create displays to tell the histories that matter to them. Much of this history is personal: family history, community history, history of a trade, or the history of something considered less than genteel. It is often history based on the historical record, but also based on feelings, beliefs, ... Read more

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  • Museums and Education

    Purpose, Pedagogy, Performance

    Series series Museum Meanings
    At the beginning of the 21st century museums are challenged on a number of fronts. The prioritisation of learning in museums in the context of demands for social justice and cultural democracy combined with cultural policy based on economic rationalism forces museums to review their educational purposes, redesign their pedagogies and account for their performance.The need to theorise learning and ... Read more

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  • Museums in a Digital Age

    Edited by Ross Parry ...
    Series series Leicester Readers in Museum Studies
    The influence of digital media on the cultural heritage sector has been pervasive and profound. Today museums are reliant on new technology to manage their collections. They collect digital as well as material things. New media is embedded within their exhibition spaces. And their activity online is as important as their physical presence on site.However, ‘digital heritage’ (as an area of practice ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

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    Winning Hearts and Minds through Cultural Diplomacy

    Although cultural diplomacy has become an increasingly fashionable term embraced by academics, foreign-service personnel, and private sector commercial and cultural interests, the very practice of this idea remains conspicuously challenging to define. This book takes on this problem, advancing a new understanding of cultural diplomacy that results from a historical investigation of a single area ... Read more

    $109.39 USD

  • Museums in the Material World

    Edited by Simon Knell ...
    Series series Leicester Readers in Museum Studies
    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 full breadth of museum disciplines and are linked by a logical narrative, as detailed in the section introductions.The choice of articles reveals how the debate has opened up on disciplinary practice, ... Read more

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  • A Guide to Copyright for Museums and Galleries

    Written by a team of legal experts on copyright, this user-friendly, comprehensive guide is the essential reference tool for everyone in the world of museums and galleries whose work brings them into contact with copyright-related questions.It addresses relevant issues from a practical perspective and answers questions such as:What is copyright?How long does copyright last?How can you make money ... Read more

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  • How to Get Hung

    A Practical Guide for Emerging Artists

    In this accessible, easy-to-read, detailed guide for artists, students, and aspiring art professionals, gallery owner Molly Barnes takes the mystique out of selling art.With the art market generating over a billion dollars in sales annually, and enrollment in art schools continuing to rise, more and more graduates are joining the art scene and actively participating in the "business" of art. With ... Read more

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  • Managing Innovation and Cultural Management in the Digital Era

    The case of the National Palace Museum

    Edited by Rua-Huan Tsaih, Tzu-Shian Han ...
    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Business Management
    The world-class National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taiwan possesses a repository of the largest collection of Chinese cultural treasures of outstanding quality. Through implementing a two-organizational restructuring, and shifting its operational focus from being object-oriented to public-centered, it aims to capture the attention of people and promote awareness of the culture and traditions of China ... Read more

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  • Starting Right: A Basic Guide to Museum Planning

    Series series American Association for State and Local History
    Are you thinking of starting a museum? Starting Right has been helping non-professionals learn the basics of museum planning for nearly three decades. This fully-revised, third edition will help you understand what you are getting into, evaluate prospects, avoid pitfalls, and take advantage of many kinds of available help. Addressing current and perennial issues facing new museums, from digital ... Read more

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  • The Idea of a Human Rights Museum

    Series Book 1 - Human Rights and Social Justice Series
    The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural contexts within which the museum physically and conceptually evolved drawing comparisons between the CMHR and ... Read more

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