Binding: Paperback
Description: This fourth edition of Museum Basics has been produced for use in the many museums worldwide that operate with few professional staff and limited resources. The fourth edition has been fully updated to reflect the many changes that have taken place in museums around the world over the last six years. Drawing from a wide range of practical experience the authors provide a basic guide to all aspects of museum work from audience development and learning through collections management and conservation to museum management and forward planning. Museum Basics is organised on a modular basis with over 100 units in eight sections. It can be used both as a reference work to assist day - to - day museum management and as the key textbook for pre - service and in - service museum training programmes where it can be supplemented by case studies project work and group discussion. This edition includes over 100 diagrams to support the text as well as a glossary sources of information and support and a select bibliography. Museum Basics is also supported by its own companion website which provides a wide range of additional resources for readers. Museum Basics aims to help the museum practitioner keep up to date with new thinking about the function of museums and their relationships with the communities they serve. The training materials provided within the book are also suitable for pre - service and in - service students who wish to gain a full understanding of work in a museum.
Title: Museum Basics The International Handbook
Author(s): Paine Crispin (Visiting Fellow At The Open University Uk.)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138292475
Pages: 508 Pages, 105 Line Drawings, Black And White
Publication Date: 3/20/2018
Series: Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management
Category: Museum, Historic Sites, Gallery & Art Guides