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Collections Management as Critical Museum Practice

Author : Cara Krmpotich
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1800087047
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collections Management as Critical Museum Practice written by Cara Krmpotich and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a common misconception that collections management in museums is a set of rote procedures or technical practices that follow universal standards of best practice. This volume recognises collections management as a political, critical and social project, involving considerable intellectual labour that often goes unacknowledged within institutions and in the fields of museum and heritage studies. Collections Management as Critical Museum Practice brings into focus the knowledges, value systems, ethics and workplace pragmatics that are foundational for this work. Rather than engaging solely with cultural modifications, such as Indigenous care practices, the book presents local knowledge of place and material which is relevant to how collections are managed and cared for worldwide. Through discussion of varied collection types, management activities and professional roles, contributors develop a contextualised reflexive practice for how core collections management standards are conceptualised, negotiated and enacted. Chapters span national museums in Brazil and Uganda to community-led heritage work in Malaysia and Canada; they explore complexities of numbering, digitisation and description alongside the realities of climate change, global pandemics and natural disasters. The book offers a new definition of collections management, travelling from what is done to care for collections, to what is done to care for collections and their users. Rather than ‘use’ being an end goal, it emerges as a starting point to rethink collections work.

Collections Management Critical Museumhb

Author : Stevenson KRMPOTICH
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781800087064
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Collections Management Critical Museumhb written by Stevenson KRMPOTICH and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Things Great and Small

Author : John E. Simmons
Publisher : American Alliance of Museums
ISBN 13 : 9781933253039
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Things Great and Small written by John E. Simmons and published by American Alliance of Museums. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things Great and Small is the first to comprehensively address how to write a good collections management policy for any type of museum. Drawing on his extensive experience John Simmons reviews the issues that a collections management policy should address and the pros and cons of choosing one policy option over another.

Things Great and Small

Author : John E. Simmons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 153818379X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Things Great and Small written by John E. Simmons and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection care is a fundamental responsibility for museums and other collecting institutions, and the foundation of collection stewardship is good collection management policies. The new third edition of Things Great and Small continues to be a comprehensive resource for developing, implementing, and revising collection management policies and includes new information for addressing prolonged or permanent closure of museums, wider parameters for collection storage environments, and sustainable collection management practices to cope with climate change. Drawing on more than 50 years of experience as a collection manager, educator, consultant, and AAM Museum Assessment Program peer reviewer, John E. Simmons reviews the most recent collection management thinking and literature, helps determine which policies an institution needs, and provides guidance on policy content. In this new edition, coverage of critical areas is expanded, including digital objects, intellectual property rights, deaccessioning, decolonization, standards and best practices, collection storage environment parameters, managing off-site storage facilities, health and safety, laws and regulations, risk management, and sustainable collection management practices. With more than 50 tables and charts and model policy templates, this major publication is aimed at museums of all kinds, historic houses and sites, and other collecting institutions.

Museum Practice

Author : Conal McCarthy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119796636
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Museum Practice written by Conal McCarthy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MUSEUM PR ACTICE Edited by CONAL MCCARTHY Museum Practice covers the professional work carried out in museums and art galleries of all types, including the core functions of management, collections, exhibitions, and programs. Some forms of museum practice are familiar to visitors, yet within these diverse and complex institutions many practices are hidden from view, such as creating marketing campaigns, curating and designing exhibitions, developing fundraising and sponsorship plans, crafting mission statements, handling repatriation claims, dealing with digital media, and more. Focused on what actually occurs in everyday museum work, this volume offers contributions from experienced professionals and academics that cover a wide range of subjects including policy frameworks, ethical guidelines, approaches to conservation, collection care and management, exhibition development and public programs. From internal processes such as leadership, governance and strategic planning, to public facing roles in interpretation, visitor research and community engagement and learning, each essential component of contemporary museum practice is thoroughly discussed.

Collections Management

Author : Anne Fahy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134830521
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Collections Management written by Anne Fahy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable and practical introduction bringing together leading recent papers emphasising some of the major issues affecting collections management.

Collections Care and Stewardship

Author : Juilee Decker
Publisher : Innovative Approaches for Museums
ISBN 13 : 9781442238794
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Collections Care and Stewardship written by Juilee Decker and published by Innovative Approaches for Museums. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collections Care and Stewardship: Innovative Approaches for Museums considers best practices and innovations related to documenting collections with regard to movement and safe handling of items for transport, display, photography, and treatment; collections storage; and information-sharing within and beyond the museum. The case studies in this volume examine best practices and innovations related to collections with regard to display, interpretation, engagement, storage, conservation treatment, and preservation. Several chapters address undergraduate and graduate coursework and internship experiences in a variety of contexts to offer best practices as well as evaluation of such training opportunities. All of these case studies ask us to think about the responsibilities that we have, as museum professionals, to be stewards--a challenge for all of us in terms of the obligations and responsibilities therein, but also in terms of the challenge to frame our collections as having the capacity to reflect as well as inspire. The Innovative Approaches for Museums series offers case studies, written by scholars and practitioners from museums, galleries, and other institutions, that showcase the original, transformative, and sometimes wholly re-invented methods, techniques, systems, theories, and actions that demonstrate innovative work being done in the museum and cultural sector throughout the world. The authors come from a variety of institutions--in size, type, budget, audience, mission, and collection scope. Each volume offers ideas and support to those working in museums while serving as a resource and primer, as much as inspiration, for students and the museum staff and faculty training future professionals who will further develop future innovative approaches. Contributions by: Jennifer Schwarz Ballard, Terry A. Barnhart, Rebecca E. Bria, Marlena Cannon de Mendez, Robert P. Connolly, Mary Coughlin, Elizabeth K. Cruzado Carranza, Katherine A. Johnson, Michael Jones, Allison McCloskey, Nicolette B. Meister, Carrie Wieners Meyer, Eileen Prendergast, Marjorie Schwarzer, Glori Simmons, Shari Stout, and Kelly Tomajko

Museum Collections Management

Author : Freda Matassa
Publisher : Facet Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1856047016
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Museum Collections Management written by Freda Matassa and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark publication is the first to draw together all aspects of museum collections management in one handbook. It is designed for anyone with responsibility for a cultural collection and covers everything a collections manager needs to know. It describes professional practice in managing cultural objects and works of art, whatever the size and nature of the collection. The book includes essential information on: Legal aspects of collections Ethical issues such as due diligence and immunity from seizure Up to date concerns such as sustainability, crossing borders and financial constraints Loans, acquisitions, inventory and movement. The book describes all collections management procedures in a simple step-by-step process and is clear and easy to use with all procedures based on international museum practice. Examples of real forms, policies and documents drawn from major museums are included throughout the text and act as guides for any transaction. Readership: Packed full of practical information, advice and good practice, this will be essential reading for all museum professionals, curators of private collections and museum studies students.

Active Collections

Author : Elizabeth Wood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351383515
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Active Collections written by Elizabeth Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, many museums have implemented sweeping changes in how they engage audiences. However, changes to the field’s approaches to collections stewardship have come much more slowly. Active Collections critically examines existing approaches to museum collections and explores practical, yet radical, ways that museums can better manage their collections to actively advance their missions. Approaching the question of modern museum collection stewardship from a position of "tough love," the authors argue that the museum field risks being constrained by rigid ways of thinking about objects. Examining the field’s relationship to objects, artifacts, and specimens, the volume explores the question of stewardship through the dissection of a broad range of issues, including questions of "quality over quantity," emotional attachment, dispassionate cataloging, and cognitive biases in curatorship. The essays look to insights from fields as diverse as forest management, library science, and the psychology of compulsive hoarding, to inform and innovate collection practices. Essay contributions come from both experienced museum professionals and scholars from disciplines as diverse as psychology, education, and history. The result is a critical exploration that makes the book essential reading for museum professionals, as well as those in training.

Care of Collections

Author : Simon Knell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134830459
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Care of Collections written by Simon Knell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-04 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a practical guide to all aspects of collections care including conservation practice, the monitoring of control of light, relative humidity and atmospheric pollution, biological infestation and disaster planning.

Museum Administration

Author : Walter G. Lehmann
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538166364
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Museum Administration written by Walter G. Lehmann and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Museums must comply with a myriad of laws and ethical codes regulating virtually every aspect of their organization and operations. While some of these issues are common to businesses of all kinds, some apply to nonprofit organizations, and others are unique to the museum community. Museum Administration: Law and Practice explores the many areas of law applicable to museums, including governance, personnel, facilities, intellectual property, collections management, and fundraising. Designed as a textbook for use in connection with museums studies programs and law school courses, the book utilizes a “casebook” approach: relevant court decisions and other primary source materials illustrate and enliven the descriptive text. Study questions are included in each chapter so that readers can apply legal and ethical principles to museum-focused fact situations. A comprehensive but concise introductory text to the legal and ethical issues facing museums, Museum Administration: Law and Practice is also an authoritative resource for museum professionals and lawyers.

Museum Ethics

Author : Gary Edson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113477396X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Museum Ethics written by Gary Edson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-09-27 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Museum Ethics considers the theoretical and practical elements of the philosophy of conduct in relation to critical contemporary issues and museums.

Museum Provision and Professionalism

Author : Gaynor Kavanagh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134830580
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Museum Provision and Professionalism written by Gaynor Kavanagh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-20 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Museums are public places where objects, images and memories are kept and shared. They exist in infinite variety and contradiction. They can be places of great excitement and great boredom, sharply insightful and hopelessly bland. Museums are anything that the political climate and the imagination allows them to be. No two museums are the same. The papers which make up this volume give ample evidence of the variety of views that exist about museums. They also demonstrate that museums and museum professionals are moving forward with energy and conviction. This volume will be invaluable to students and museum professionals and will provoke them to consider museum provision and professionalism in all their forms.

A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections, Third Edition

Author : Marie C. Malaro
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588343227
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections, Third Edition written by Marie C. Malaro and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed when it was first published in 1985 as the bible of U.S. collections management, A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections offers the only comprehensive discussion of the legal questions faced by museums regarding collections. This revised and expanded third edition addresses the many legal developments—including a comprehensive discussion of stolen art and the international movement of cultural property, recent developments in copyright, and the effects of burgeoning electronic uses—that have occurred during the past twenty-five years. An authorative, go-to book for any museum professional, Legal Primer offers detailed explanations of the law, suggestions for preventing legal problems, and numerous case studies of lawsuits involving museum collections.

Leading Museums Today

Author : Martha Morris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442275340
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Leading Museums Today written by Martha Morris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Leading Museums Today: Theory and Practice, readers learn about leadership theory in both for profit and nonprofit worlds and how to effectively master the role of both leader and follower. Literature from business and non-profit management as well as the insights of current thought leaders provide lessons for the reader. The book explores the reality of change in the workplace, the standards and best practices of businesses and museums, and innovative approaches to creating a nimble and responsive organization. Topics covered include: Organizational structure, team-based work, and new business models are detailed. Working as a leader at the middle of the organization and ways to be successful in leading up are described. Leadership training and how individuals can be continual learners. Case studies and profiles cover the work of university museums, children’s museums, historic sites, history, art, and multi-disciplinary museums. Each of the case studies provides personal perspectives of leadership qualities, career progression, and highlights of the transformative work at their museum.

Museum Administration 2.0

Author : Hugh H. Genoways
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442255528
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Museum Administration 2.0 written by Hugh H. Genoways and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wondering what a museum director actually does? About to start your first director's job? Looking for guidance in starting up a museum or working with a museum director? Hugh Genoways, Lynne Ireland, and Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko have taken the mystery out and put common sense and good guidance in. Learn about everything from budgets and strategic planning to human resources and facilities management to collections and programming. They also help you tackle legal documents, legal and ethical issues, and challenges for today's 2.0 world. Case studies and exercises throughout help you review and practice what you are learning, and their extensive references will be a welcome resource.

Museum Collection Ethics

Author : Steven Miller
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538135213
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Museum Collection Ethics written by Steven Miller and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection ethics – the third rail of the museum profession. What are the encompassing issues museum face regarding how they acquire, keep and work with their collections? Museum Collection Ethics discusses the complexities inherent in preserving and interpreting the extraordinary range of culturally significant objects entrusted to museums. The book presents an encompassing look at every aspect of the intellectual and stewardship duties museums by definition assume. The differences between ethics, laws, customs, and expectations are discussed. They are not synonymous. Ethics vary widely and are fluid. Essential factors include: Defining a museum as an ethical pursuit The role of museum governing authorities regarding ethics The ethics of collection authority: who is responsible for collection truths How museums collect and how ethics influences that activity The ethics of assuring collection authenticity The ethical access to collections, be it physical or digital Ethics and conservation Exhibition ethics The ethics of collection removals be they voluntary or involuntary This is the first book devoted solely to the ethical concerns museums face regarding their collections.