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Learning in the Museumby George E. Hein
Routledge 1998; US$ 47.95As well as providing a meaningful theoretical basis to museum education, this volume serves as a practical guide for all museum professionals on how to adapt their museums to maximise the educational experience of every visitor. more...
Perspectives on Object-centered Learning in Museumsby Scott G. Paris
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2002; US$ 140.00Originating in a recent NSF conference held at the University of Michigan, this book examines ideas about how children interact with objects and through that interaction acquire new understandings, attitudes and feelings. A range of learning environments are considered. more...
Museums, Media and Cultural Theoryby Henning
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 45.98Museums can work to reproduce ideologies and confirm the existing order of things, or as instruments of social reform. Yet objects in museums can exceed their designated roles as documents or specimens. In this wideranging and original book, Michelle Henning explores how historical and contemporary museums and exhibitions restage the relationship between people and material things. In doing so, they become important sites for the development of new forms of experience, memory and knowledge. Henning reveals how museums can be theorised as a form of media. She discusses both historical and contemporary examples, from cabinets of curiosity, through the avant-garde exhibition design of Lissitzy and Bayer; the experimental museums of Paul Otlet... more...
Cultural Attractions and European Tourismby G. Richards
CAB International 2001; US$ 110.00This book reviews the cultural tourism market in Europe from a survey carried out in 1997. It analyzes the way in which cultural attractions are produced for, and used by, cultural tourists and how such cultural attractions as museums, art galleries, monuments and heritage attractions are marketed. more...
Rethinking Evolution in the Museumby Monique Scott
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 41.95Provides rare insights into visitor perceptions, this book explores the way natural history museum audiences imagine their evolutionary heritage and gives a fuller understanding about how to improve the relationship between museums and communities. more...
Consuming Historyby Jerome de Groot
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 41.95Non-academic history public history is a complex, dynamic entity which impacts on the popular understanding of the past at all levels. In Consuming History, Jerome de Groot examines how society consumes history and how a reading of this consumption can help us understand popular culture and issues of representation. This book analyses a wide range of cultural entities from computer games to daytime television, from blockbuster fictional narratives such as Da Vinci Code to DNA genealogical tools to analyse how history works in contemporary popular culture. Jerome de Groot probes how museums have responded to the heritage debate and the way in which new technologies have brought about a shift in access... more...
The Responsive Museumby Caroline Lang; John Reeve; Vicky Woollard
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 120.00The Responsive Museum interrogates the thinking, policies and practices that underpin the educational role of the museum. It unravels the complex relationship of museums with their publics, and discusses today's challenges and the debates that have resulted. more...
Art in Museumsby Susan Pearce
Continuum International Publishing 2000; US$ 150.00Canvasses past and contemporary problems of cultural representation and the relationship between the artist, the museum and society. more...
Make Spaceby Scott Doorley; Scott Witthoft; Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University; David Kelley
John Wiley & Sons 2011; US$ 49.95"If you are determined to encourage creativity and provide a collaborative environment that will bring out the best in people, you will want this book by your side at all times." —Bill Moggridge , Director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum " Make Space is an articulate account about the importance of space; how we think about it, build it and thrive in it." —James P. Hackett , President and CEO, Steelcase An inspiring guidebook filled with ways to alter space to fuel creative work and foster collaboration. Based on the work at the Stanford University d.school and its Environments Collaborative Initiative, Make Space is a tool that shows how space can be intentionally manipulated to ignite... more...
A Companion to Museum Studiesby Sharon Macdonald
John Wiley & Sons 2011; US$ 49.95A Companion to Museum Studies captures the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society. Collects first-rate original essays by leading figures from a range of disciplines and theoretical stances, including anthropology, art history, history, literature, sociology, cultural studies, and museum studies Examines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political, curatorial, historical and representational perspectives Covers traditional subjects, such as space, display, buildings, objects and collecting, and more contemporary challenges such as visiting, commerce, community and experimental exhibition forms more...









