Museums & Museology
"Opportunities in Museum Careers"
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"Opportunities In! Series" series; Offers fresh information on a field of interest, training and educational requirements for each career, salary statistics for different positions within each field, and professional and internet resources. Revised. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 193 x 134 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Camenson, Blythe
ISBN: 0071467696
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Museums & Museology
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"The Story of the British Museum"
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This text tells the story of the British Museum from its foundation by Act of Parliament in 1753 to the present day. Caygill has drawn on contemporary newspapers, journals, diaries and the Museum's own archives to bring its personalities to life. With 65 illustrations, 38 in colour. 3 rev ed. Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 243g.
Author: Caygill, Marjorie L.
ISBN: 0714127728
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Museums & Museology
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"Museums and Community"Ideas, Issues and Challenges
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"Museum Meanings" series; Explores the dynamics of the relationship between the community and the museum. This work examines one of the museum's primary responsibilities - working with different communities and using collections to encourage people to learn about their own histories, and to understand other people's. New ed. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 246 x 174 mm. Weight: 360g.
Author: Crooke, Elizabeth
ISBN: 0415336570
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Museums & Museology
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"Who Owns Antiquity?"Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage
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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. With 6 halftones.. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 525g.
Author: Cuno, James
ISBN: 0691137129
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Museums & Museology
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"The Love of Art"European Art Museums and Their Public
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By examining the social conditions of museum practices, this book shows that cultivated taste is not a natural gift but a socially inculcated disposition which is distributed unevenly, and which predisposes some to distinguish themselves through their love of art, while others are deprived of it. With 0. New ed. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 294g.
Author: Darbel, Alain Schnapper, Dominique Bourdieu, Pierre
ISBN: 0745619142
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 1997 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Museums & Museology
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"Natural Materials"Sources, Properties and Uses
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Most museums collections contain a variety of natural materials, and a diverse range of knowledge is necessary to keep them at their best. This book studies the composition, structure and properties of natural materials, and discusses the potential hazards they face and the appropriate conservation techniques to use for each. With illustrations. Hardback, 384 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 170g.
Author: Demouthe, Jean F.
ISBN: 0750665289
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Museums & Museology
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"Collections Management"
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"Leicester Readers in Museum Studies" series; A practical introduction bringing together papers discussing some of the major issues affecting collections management in the 1990s. With 1. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 254 x 178 mm. Weight: 658g.
Author: Fahy, Anne
ISBN: 0415112834
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 1994 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Museums & Museology
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"Learning From Museums"Visitor Experiences and the Making of Meaning
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"American Association for State and Local History Book Series" series; Learning from Museums: Visitor Experiences and the Making of Meaning. With references, index. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 230 x 154 mm. Weight: 363g.
Author: Falk, John H. Dierking, Lynn D.
ISBN: 0742502953
Publisher: Altamira Press,U.S.
Date: 2000 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Museums & Museology
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"Dry Store Room No. 1"The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
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'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination. With illustrations (some col.). Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 197 x 130 mm. Weight: 264g.
Author: Fortey, Richard
ISBN: 0007209894
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Museums & Museology
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"Heritage, Museums and Galleries"An Introductory Reader
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This reader provides a starting point and introductory resource for anyone wishing to engage with certain key issues relating to the heritage, museums and galleries sector. With illustrations. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 246 x 175 mm. Weight: 151g.
Author: G, Corsane
ISBN: 0415289467
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Museums & Museology
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"Starting Right"A Basic Guide to Museum Planning
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"American Association for State and Local History Book Series" series; Helps readers find out what a museum is - philosophically and historically - some pros and cons of establishing a museum, resource lists, and advice on different aspects of museums from the choice of a building through collections care, registration, exhibitions, conservation, staffing, financial management, and fund raising. With illustrations. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 226 x 164 mm. Weight: 272g.
Author: George, Gerald
ISBN: 075910557X
Publisher: Altamira Press,U.S.
Date: 2004 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Museums & Museology
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"The Making of Am Fasgadh"An Account of the Origins of the Highland Folk Museum By Its Founder
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"Flashbacks" series; Co-published with European Ethnological Research Centre as part of the Flashbacks series. An account of her experiences as an early innovator of folk musuems, this book illustrates a history of farming, fishing, crofting and domestic life. With 24 photographs. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 194 x 128 mm. Weight: 228g.
Author: Grant, Isabel Frances
ISBN: 1905267207
Publisher: Nmse - Publishing Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Museums & Museology
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"Civilizing the Museum"Collected Writings of Elaine Heumann Gurian
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Explores the possibilities for making museums more central and relevant to society. This collection of essays are organized around five themes: museum definitions; civic responsibility and social service; architectural spaces; exhibitions; and spirituality and rationality. It also shows how museums can honour tradition whilst embracing the new. New ed. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 371g.
Author: Gurian, Elaine Heumann
ISBN: 0415357624
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Museums & Museology
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"An Introduction to Museum Archaeology"
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A practical, extensively referenced resource covering all aspects of museum archaeology. With 5 tables. Paperback, 392 pages. Size: 227 x 151 mm. Weight: 535g.
Author: Hedley, Swain
ISBN: 0521677963
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Museums & Museology
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"Museums, Media and Cultural Theory"
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"Issues in Cultural & Media Studies" series; Explores how historical and contemporary museums and exhibitions restage the relationship between people and material things. This book reveals how museums can be theorised as a form of media. It discusses both historical and contemporary examples. It also discusses various display techniques. With illustrations. Paperback, 200 pages. Size: 226 x 170 mm. Weight: 358g.
Author: Henning, Michelle
ISBN: 0335214193
Publisher: Open University Press
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Museums & Museology
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