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NEW REVISED AND EXPANDED COLOUR EDITION Interpretive Master Planning - "a classic work by an author who does interpretive planning every day" - shares an unrivalled wealth of experience and practical advice on how to plan and design interpretive facilities and services. Equally relevant to museums, visitor centres, and historic or natural history sites, John Veverka's lively text uses stories, case histories and interactive examples to illustr...

Oral History and Art: Photography forms part of a series of three books - the other two focus on Painting and Sculpture - drawn from oral history transcripts in the collection of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Containing complete transcripts of exclusive interviews with Lewis Baltz, Harry Callahan, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange and Aaron Siskind - photographers whose work has profoundly changed both our understanding of ...

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Many history museums collect contemporary objects, stories, images and sounds. But reasoned collecting strategies and policies are often lacking. The sheer quantity of available material culture and the complexity of contemporary life leave many confused about how best to document and engage with the present. Collecting the Contemporary addresses one of the most fundamental issues facing today's history museums: why and how to engage with cont...

This book, the third volume in the Handbook for Academic Museums series, is designed to be a practical resource for museum professionals, to help them think about their own institution, its programmes, challenges and opportunities - enlightened by what others have achieved in similar situations, and what might be possible. Advancing Engagement provides examples of best practice, innovation, and good thinking which offer guidance and inspiratio...

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Ageing is a part of our individual and demographic future. Museums can help us imagine new ideas about ageing and new ways of caring." - Peter Whitehouse, Professor of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland and Professor of Medicine (Neurology), University of Toronto. The Caring Museum explores - in a practical way - current and developmental issues in the field of museums, galleries and ageing, with a clear emphasis on the ...

CODE | WORDS brings together leading museum thinkers and practitioners to explore emerging issues about the nature of museums in the light of the dramatic and ongoing impact of digital technologies. Originally an online dialogue, this series of conversations explores challenging questions about the identity of museums, their role in society, their responsibility to serve a global public, and their very nature in a digital age. The authors aim ...

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Museums and Visitor Photography is based on new research and innovative practice in some of the world's leading museums. This handbook will help museum and gallery professionals to understand, connect with, and sympathetically manage visitors' participation - both in the museum and online. "A primer in using photography to document, experience, and share." Jeff Gates, Lead Producer, New Media Initiatives, Smithsonian American Art Museum. "A co...

Museums and Visitor Photography is based on new research and innovative practice in some of the world's leading museums. This handbook will help museum and gallery professionals to understand, connect with, and sympathetically manage visitors' participation - both in the museum and online. "A primer in using photography to document, experience, and share." Jeff Gates, Lead Producer, New Media Initiatives, Smithsonian American Art Museum. ...

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In this ground-breaking book, leading professionals contribute practical, theoretical, historical - and always inspiring - case studies on how museums and galleries are responding to the social challenges of the 21st century: · Helping rehabilitate young offenders... · Reskilling long-term unemployed people... · Providing new enjoyment for the elderly... · Supporting disadvantaged minorities... The book shares pioneering museum experience from...

In this ground-breaking book, leading professionals contribute practical, theoretical, historical - and always inspiring - case studies on how museums and galleries are responding to the social challenges of the 21st century. Issues addressed include: Helping rehabilitate young offenders Reskilling long-term unemployed people Providing new enjoyment for the elderly Supporting disadvantaged minorities The book shares pioneering museum experienc...

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Genuine participation is about much more than simply "taking part". But many museums' commitment to engagement and participation remains at this superficial level. Full participation involves the sharing of authority, decision-making and power. And letting go of the boundaries between the professional and the public. This book shows what is being done - and how it can be done. "This inspiring volume is packed with thoughtful examples of leadin...