The Anatomy of a Museum (eBook)

An Insider's Text

Steven Miller (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2017
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-23710-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Written by a museum professional and based on a course taught for many years, The Anatomy of a Museum is an engaging and accessible volume that provides a unique insider's guide to what museums are and how they operate.

• An insider's view of the rarefied world of the museum that provides a refreshing and unique account of the reality of the workings of museum life
• The material has been successfully tested in a course that the author has taught for 14 years
• Miller has extensive experience at all levels of museum work, from painting walls for exhibitions to museum directorship
• Clearly and engagingly written, the book covers all the component parts and various disciplines of museum operations, and opinions and perspectives are drawn from a deep knowledge of the field
• Includes useful pedagogical material, including questions, discussion topics,  and a range of anecdotes

STEVEN MILLER is the Executive Director of Boscobel Restoration, Inc., Garrison NY and Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University MA Program in Museum Professions. He has been in the museum field for over four decades as a curator, director, educator, consultant and writer, and has held leadership positions with six major American history museums. He has written extensively on museum topics.

Inhalt

Title Page 5
Copyright Page 6
Contents 7
Foreword 9
Introduction 13
Chapter 1 What is a Museum? 17
Class Questions: Beginning of First Class 24
References 25
Chapter 2 Museum Governance 27
Class Questions 39
References 40
Chapter 3 Museum Directing 41
Class Questions 54
References 56
Chapter 4 Curating?=?Connoisseurship?=?Collecting 57
Curating 57
Connoisseurship 60
Collecting 67
Class Questions 71
References 74
Chapter 5 Managing in Museums 77
Objects and Information 80
People 83
Communications 91
Planning 92
Projects 94
Spaces 96
Ideas and Opportunities 101
Schedules 104
Problems 106
Resources 106
Reputations 107
Change 109
Exhibitions 111
Budgets 113
Potential 114
Time, Briefly 115
Management by Walking Around 115
Class Questions 118
Reference 119
Chapter 6 Audience: A Matter of Definition 121
Class Questions 126
References 127
Chapter 7 Fundraising 129
Campaigns 133
Earned Income 135
Grants 136
Investments 138
Class Questions 140
Reference 141
Chapter 8 Collection Management 143
Class Questions 149
Reference 150
Chapter 9 Museum Education 151
Class Questions 155
Chapter 10 Numbers 157
Budgets 160
Earned Income 164
Class Questions 165
References 166
Chapter 11 Conservation: The Preservation Imperative 167
Class Questions 177
References 178
Chapter 12 Exhibitions: Show and Tell 179
Class Questions 192
Chapter 13 Maintenance and Security 195
Maintenance 195
Procedures 206
Security 206
Class Questions 211
Reference 212
Chapter 14 Museums and the Media 213
Class Questions 218
Chapter 15 Architecture 219
Class Questions 230
References 231
Chapter 16 Volunteers 233
Class Questions 236
Chapter 17 Behavior 239
Class Questions 249
Reference 251
Chapter 18 Museum Ethics 253
Class Questions 264
References 266
Chapter 19 What’s Next for Museums? 267
Reference 273
Appendix I: A Course Final 275
AnExhibition Analysis 275
Content 276
Index 279
EULA 290

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.7.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Schlagworte: American Studies • Amerikanistik • Art & Applied Arts • Collection Management • Cultural Studies • Curating • Exhibitions • Fundraising • Kulturwissenschaften • Kunst u. Angewandte Kunst • Museen u. Kulturerbe • Museum • Museum & Heritage Studies • museum architecture • museum directing • Museum Education • Museum Ethics • museum governance • museum maintenance • museum management • Museums • museum security • museum volunteers • popular culture • Volkskultur
• ISBN-10: 1-119-23710-6 / 1119237106
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-23710-5 / 9781119237105