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  • Museum Marketingby Ruth Rentschler; Anne-Marie Hede

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 51.95

    Museums have moved from a product to a marketing focus within the last ten years. This has entailed a painful reorientation of approaches to understanding visitors as ?customers?; new ways of fundraising and sponsorship as government funding decreases; and grappling with using the internet for marketing. This book brings the latest in marketing thinking... more...

  • Materials for Conservationby C V Horie

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 90.00

    Materials in Conservation is the definitive introduction to the properties of materials used in conservation. The continual struggle of conservators to ameliorate the deterioration of objects has led to increasing use of synthetic polymers. These materials are part of the sophisticated technology that has been developed to augment and often replace... more...

  • Museum Architectureby Suzanne MacLeod

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 41.95

    Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of museum building around the world and the subsequent publication of multiple texts dedicated to the subject. Museum Architecture: A new biography focuses on the stories we tell of museum buildings in order to explore the nature of museum architecture and the problems of architectural history when applied... more...

  • Museum, Media, Messageby Eilean Hooper-Greenhill

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 50.95

    Collecting together a group of talented writers, Museum, Media, Message considers, in depth, the most up-to-date approaches to museum communication including: museums as media; museums and audience; and the evaluation of museums. Addressing the need for museums to develop better knowledge of visitor experience, this volume introduces a broad... more...

  • Museums and Source Communitiesby Alison K. Brown; Laura Peers

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 45.95

    This volume combines some of the most influential published research in this emerging field with newly commissioned essays on the issues, problems and lessons involved in collaborating museums and source communities. Focusing on museums in  the UK, North America and the Pacific, the book highlights three areas which demonstrate the new developments... more...

  • The Science For Conservators Series - Vol 2by Conservation Unit Museums and Galleries Commission

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 47.95

    For more than ten years, the Science for Conservators series has been the key basic texts for conservators throughout the world. Scientific concepts are basic ot the conservation of artefacts of every type, yet many conservators have little or no scientific training. These introductory volumes provide non-scientists with the essential theoretical... more...

  • Designing for the Museum Visitor Experienceby Tiina Roppola

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00

    Exhibition environments are enticingly complex spaces: as facilitators of experience; as free-choice learning contexts; as theaters of drama; as encyclopedic warehouses of cultural and natural heritage; as two-, three- and four-dimensional storytellers; as sites for self-actualizing leisure activity. But how much do we really know about the moment-by-moment... more...

  • Museum Managementby Kevin Moore

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 54.95

    Collecting a selection of essential writings by some of the leading authors in the field, Kevin Moore examines the developments in, and effectiveness of, museum management in a world dominated by new and exciting heritage and leisure attractions. The selected papers in Museum Management outline the development of museum management to date,... more...

  • Managing Historic Sites and Buildingsby David Baker; Gill Chitty

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95

    Managing Historic Sites and Buildings looks at the choices and the tensions that exist in conservation and interpretation of the heritage. Preservation and presentation are central activities, arguably means and ends in the conservation of the historic environment. But are they self-reinforcing or do they work against each other? In a series of essays... more...

  • Interpretive Planning for Museumsby Marcella Wells; Barbara H Butler; Judith Koke

    Left Coast Press 2013; US$ 84.00

    Museum professionals' increased focus on visitors in recent years has been demonstrated by, among other things, the enhanced practice of evaluation and the development of interpretive plans. Yet too often, these efforts function independent of one another. This book helps museums integrate visitors' perspectives into interpretive planning by recognizing,... more...