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  • Hands-On Exhibitionsby Tim Caulton

    Routledge 1998; US$ 42.95

    The development of interactive displays has transformed the traditional museum world in the last decade. Visitors are no longer satisfied by simply gazing at worthy displays in glass cases - they expect to have hands-on experience of the objects and be actively involved with the exhibits, learning informally and being entertained simultaneously. more...

  • Museum Exhibitionby David Dean

    Routledge 1996; US$ 59.95

    This comprehensive study covers a wide range of exhibitions, care of exhibits, exhibition evaluation and administration. more...

  • New Museum Theory and Practiceby Janet Marstine

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 121.95

    New Museum Theory and Practice is an original collection of essays with a unique focus: the contested politics and ideologies of museum exhibition. Contains 12 original essays that contribute to the field while creating a collective whole for course use. Discusses theory through vivid examples and historical overviews. Offers guidance on how to put theory into practice. Covers a range of museums around the world: from art to history, anthropology to music, as well as historic houses, cultural centres, virtual sites, and commercial displays that use the conventions of the museum. Authors come from the UK, Canada, the US, and Australia, and from a variety of fields that inform cultural studies. more...

  • A Practical Guide to Costume Mountingby Lara Flecker

    Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 77.95

    The effective preparation of garments for display is essential for exhibitions of contemporary and historical dress. Costumes not only need to be visually appealing but also fully supported and historically accurate. This book provides a comprehensive guide to mounting costumes from the eighteenth century to the present day. It includes methods for adapting and shaping figures to create historical silhouettes, constructing underpinnings and making replicas and toiles using inexpensive and simple techniques. A Practical Guide to Costume Mounting is an invaluable resource for conservators, historians and all those working with clothing in museums, private collections and throughout the fashion and theatre industries. Trained as a historical... more...

  • Museums, Prejudice and the Reframing of Differenceby Randell Sandell

    Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 39.95

    This book draws on in-depth case studies and an array of international examples presenting a highly original contribution of the significant role that museums can play in confronting prejudice and cross-cultural understanding. more...

  • PEACHby Oliviero Stock; Massimo Zancanaro

    Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2007; US$ 139.00

    Personal Experience with Active Cultural Heritage, PEACH, is a large, interdisciplinary development project that explores the use of novel technologies for physical museum visits. Led by teams from ITC-irst, Trento and DFKI, Saarbrücken, the research is at the forefront of work on intelligent user interfaces, but also covers other areas of artificial intelligence, microsystems and human-computer interaction. This book is structured into 13 chapters, including reports on mobile guides, infrastructure and user modeling, the use of stationary devices, collaborative storytelling, 3D modelling, evaluation and usability, and future perspectives. The book editors and authors are leading experts on the underlying AI technologies and their application,... more...

  • Museum Politicsby Timothy W. Luke

    University of Minnesota Press 2002; US$ 60.00

    In this important volume, Timothy W. Luke explores museums? power to shape collective values and social understandings, and argues persuasively that museum exhibitions have a profound effect on the body politic. Through discussions of topics ranging from how the National Holocaust Museum and the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles have interpreted the Holocaust to the ways in which the American Museum of Natural History, the Missouri Botanical Gardens, and Tucson?s Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum have depicted the natural world, Luke exposes the processes through which museums challenge but more often affirm key cultural and social realities. more...

  • eCultureby Alfredo M. Ronchi

    Springer 2008; US$ 129.00

    Do virtual museums really provide added value to end-users, or do they just contribute to the abundance of images? Does the World Wide Web save endangered cultural heritage, or does it foster a society with less variety? This book answers these questions. It presents an overview of eCulture and digital heritage. more...

  • Practical Evaluation Guideby Judy Diamond; Jessica Luke; David Uttal

    Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2009; US$ 28.99

    Practical Evaluation Guide provides the necessary tools to evaluate the effectiveness of programs and exhibits in informal educational settings_museums, science centers, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and parks. more...

  • Exhibition Experimentsby Sharon Macdonald; Paul Basu

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2007; US$ 104.95

    Exhibition Experiments is a lively collection that considers experiments with museological form that challenge our understanding of - and experience with - museums. Explores examples of museum experimentalism in light of cutting-edge museum theory Draws on a range of global and topical examples, including museum experimentation, exhibitionary forms, the fate of conventional notions of ‘object’ and ‘representation’, and the impact of these changes Brings together an international group of art historians, anthropologists, and sociologists to question traditional disciplinary boundaries Considers the impact of technology on the museum space tackles a range of examples of experimentalism from many different countries,... more...