Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management
Managing Museums and Galleries
1st Edition
By Michael Fopp
April 17, 1997
The current economic climate, coupled with an all embracing desire for museums to be respondent to 'the market' make a proper grounding in management essential. The 'bottom line' is one of the most powerful measures of management performance. Museums and galleries invariably have a neutral bottom ...
Handbook for Museums
1st Edition
By David Dean, Gary Edson
February 11, 1997
Handbook for Museums provides basic information for people working in the museum world. Formed around a commitment to professionalism in museum practice, the sections provide basic information on management, security, conservation and education, and include technical notes and international reading...
Marketing the Museum
1st Edition
By Fiona Mclean
January 31, 1997
Marketing the Museum is the ideal guide to the ways in which museums can overcome the numerous hurdles on the route to truly achieving a marketing orientation. The history of the museum is one of shifting purposes and changing ideals and this volume asks if it is possible to define the 'product' ...
Museum Exhibition: Theory and Practice
1st Edition
By David Dean
December 26, 1996
Museum Exhibition is the only textbook of its kind to consider exhibition development using both theory and practice in an integrated approach. This comprehensive study covers care of exhibits, writing accompanying text, using new technology, exhibition evaluation, administration and content for a ...
Museums: A Place to Work: Planning Museum Careers
1st Edition
Edited
By Jane R. Glaser, Artemis A. Zenetou
June 26, 1996
Surveying over thirty different positions in the museum profession, this is the essential guide for anyone considering entering the field, or a career change within it. From exhibition designer to shop manager, this comprehensive survey views the latest trends in museum work and the ...
The Development of Costume
1st Edition
By Naomi Tarrant
May 24, 1996
Clothing is the outward and visible sign of taste, discrimination, social attitude and status. In every culture, men and women pay enormous attention to the minutiae of dress and appearance. This authoritative study looks at both the social and physical aspects of clothes. It traces the history and...
International Directory of Museum Training: Programs and practices of the museum profession
1st Edition
By Gary Edson
October 05, 1995
Choosing the right museum training course may be one of the most important decisions a person makes in their career. Whether you are already working in a museum or are just beginning training you will need the most comprehensive and up-to-date information. The International Directory of Museum ...
Museum Security and Protection: A Handbook for Cultural Heritage Institutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Burke, David Liston
November 15, 1993
The ICMS Handbook is acknowledged as the international standard text for basic security procedures. It was first published as A Basic Guide to Museum Security, and is now fully revised, enlarged and updated. The manual covers: general principles security, theft and burglary: security personnel; ...
Heritage Gardens: Care, Conservation, Management
1st Edition
By Sheena MacKellar Goulty
April 19, 1993
Heritage gardens create huge management headaches. How does one preserve a garden designed for the enjoyment of the few when the advent of the many grinds it away to nothing? The answer, as presented in Heritage Gardens is a subterfuge: preserve the illusion of the created environment as originally...
Heritage and Tourism in The Global Village
1st Edition
By Priscilla Boniface, Peter Fowler
March 26, 1993
A nation's heritage is one of the most potent forces for generating tourism: the Tower of London is the greatest 'visitor attraction' in Britain. But it is pushed into insignificance by comparison with the visitors travelling to Disneyland, Epcot and the other entertainment complexes in the USA; ...
The Representation of the Past: Museums and Heritage in the Post-Modern World
1st Edition
By Kevin Walsh
July 21, 1992
The 1980s and early 1990s have seen a marked increase in public interest in our historic environment. The museum and heritage industry has expanded as the past is exploited for commercial profit. In The Representation of the Past, Kevin Walsh examines this international trend and questions the ...
Museums 2000: Politics, People, Professionals and Profit
1st Edition
Edited
By Patrick Boylan, International Committee of Museums
May 21, 1992
Museum and art galleries have never been so much in the news as they have been over the past decade. Yet public focus at both professional and non-specialist levels has been remarkable for what has been accidentally or deliberatley left out of recent debates. Moving beyond the narrow issues of ...