Deals with objects and people in museums and galleries. This book explores some of the ways and contexts in which things and people mutually interact. It examines materiality and other perceptual and ontological qualities of objects themselves.

Deals with objects and people in museums and galleries. This book explores some of the ways and contexts in which things and people mutually interact. It examines materiality and other perceptual and ontological qualities of objects themselves.

The history of European nation-building and identity formation is inextricably connected with museums. This book examines the contemporary debate surrounding the museum and museum collections in postcolonial Europe.

Examines the making of heritage in contemporary Japan. This book investigates the ways in which particular objects, practices and institutions come to be seen as forms of heritage which are ascribed public recognition and political significance.

Investigates the ways in which digital media may enhance the experience of the art-archive. This book discusses the challenges of the archive and the (art)museum in the age of digital media. It is based upon documentation from a research project, MAP - Media Art Platform, that drew upon the talents and collaboration of many institutions.

In this broadly conceived study Steven Conn examines the development of American museums across the twentieth century with a historian's attention and a critic's eye. He focuses on an array of museum types and asks illuminating questions about the relationship between museums and American cultural life.

Citing a range of examples, this title shows the ways in which artists have been influenced by museum systems and made their works into simulations of the museum. It also shows how artists have questioned the role of museums, observed their practices, intervened in them and helped to redefine them.

Museums are engines of difference. This book analyses how nature and culture are constructed within them and how museum objects and practices shaped twentieth-century disciplines. It takes the University of Manchester's Museum as its subject.

Umberto Eco has been invited to direct all cultural events scheduled at the Louvre during November 2009, and his chosen theme is 'the vertigo of lists'. This book is published in conjunction with events at the museum and features a lavish reproduction of art works from its world-famous collection.

Presents research and practice to show how history museums offer a point of entry to the past by empowering children to connect to history through exhibitions. This title covers educational theory and developmental frameworks, how audience and evaluation inform research and development, and the role of experience in delivering content.

Focuses on background, funding, and issues dealing with arts, humanities, and museum services and especially on their roles in strengthening communities.

The collection museum reflects the shift in economic power from the European aristocracy to the American entrepreneur. This title studies the Wallace Collection, the J P Morgan Library, and the Henry Clay Frick Collection.

Calls for measures to broaden rather than restrict international access to antiquities. This book advocates restoration of the system under which source countries would share discovered artefacts in exchange for archaeological help, and argues that museums should be allowed reasonable ways to acquire undocumented antiquities.

In a series of richly detailed studies from Britain, Australia and North America, Bennett investigates how 19th and 20th century museums, fairs and exhibitions have organised their collections and their visitors.

Based on a lecture series of the same title held in 2000-2001 by the Harvard Program for Art Museum Directors, this book also includes an introduction by Cuno and a roundtable discussion among the participating directors. It is a collection of sustained reflections by prominent museum directors on the state of affairs in their profession.

This book will prove a resource for all those concerned with or interested in museums - museum professionals, museum students, historians and students of history, as well as the general reader.

An account of Isabel Grant's experiences as an early innovator of folk museums. It illustrates a history of farming, fishing, crofting and domestic life.

Memorial museums seek to research, represent, commemorate and teach on the subject of dreadful, violent histories. This book analyzes the tactics of these institutions and gauges their public significance.

Argues that modern nation-states have at best a dubious connection with the ancient cultures they claim to represent, and that archeology has been misused by nationalistic identity politics. This book explains why exhibition is essential to responsible acquisitions, and why our shared art heritage trumps nationalist agendas.

A guide on marketing for museums that addresses the impact of technology, shifts in museum branding and marketing strategy, and also adds international case studies.