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Author:   Conal McCarthy (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.225kg
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9781119642077

ISBN 10:   1119642078
Pages:   696
Publication Date:   20 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix Editor xiii General Editors xiv Contributors xv Acknowledgments xvii Editors’Preface to Museum Practice and the International Handbooks of Museum Studies xix Introduction: Grounding Museum Studies: Introducing Practice xxvii Conal McCarthy Part I Priorities 1 1. The Essence of the Museum: Mission, Values, Vision 3 David Fleming 2. Governance: Guiding the Museum in Trust 27 Barry Lord, with Case Study by Rina Gerson 3. Policies, Frameworks, and Legislation: The Conditions Under Which English Museums Operate 43 Sara Selwood and Stuart Davies 4. Reconceptualizing Museum Ethics for the Twenty‐First Century: A View from the Field 69 Janet Marstine, Jocelyn Dodd, and Ceri Jones 5. Museum Measurement: Questions of Value 97 Carol A. Scott 6. Developing Audiences for the Twenty‐First‐Century Museum 123 Graham Black Part II Resources 153 7. Balancing Mission and Money: Critical Issues in Museum Economics 155 Ted Silberberg and Gail Lord 8. Tate and BP – Oil and Gas as the New Tobacco?: Arts Sponsorship, Branding, and Marketing 179 Derrick Chong 9. From Idiosyncratic to Integrated: Strategic Planning for Collections 203 James B. Gardner 10. Collection Care and Management: History, Theory, and Practice 221 John E. Simmons 11. The Future of Collecting in “Disciplinary” Museums: Interpretive, Thematic, Relational 249 Nick Merriman 12. Managing Collections or Managing Content?: The Evolution of Museum Collections Management Systems 267 Malcolm Chapman 13. Conservation Theory and Practice: Materials, Values, and People in Heritage Conservation 293 Dean Sully Part III Processes 315 14. From Caring to Creating: Curators Change Their Spots 317 Ken Arnold 15. The Pendulum Swing: Curatorial Theory Past and Present 341 Halona Norton‐Westbrook 16. Planning for Success: Project Management for Museum Exhibitions 357 David K. Dean 17. Museum Exhibition Tradecraft: Not an Art, but an Art to It 379 Dan Spock 18. Museum Exhibition Practice: Recent Developments in Europe, Canada, and Australia 403 Linda Young, with Anne Whitelaw and Rosmarie Beier‐de Haan 19. A Critique of Museum Restitution and Repatriation Practices 431 Piotr Bienkowski 20. Rewards and Frustrations: Repatriation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ancestral Remains by the National Museum of Australia 455 Michael Pickering Part IV Publics 479 21. The “Active Museum”: How Concern with Community Transformed the Museum 481 Elizabeth Crooke 22. Visitor Studies: Toward a Culture of Reflective Practice and Critical Museology for the Visitor‐Centered Museum 503 Lee Davidson 23. Translating Museum Meanings: A Case for Interpretation 529 Kerry Jimson 24. Learning, Education, and Public Programs in Museums and Galleries 551 John Reeve and Vicky Woollard 25. Reviewing the Digital Heritage Landscape: The Intersection of Digital Media and Museum Practice 577 Shannon Wellington and Gillian Oliver Afterword: The Continuing Struggle for Diversity and Equality 599 Eithne Nightingale Museum Practice and Mediation: An Afterword 613 Anthony Alan Shelton Index 635

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CONAL McCARTHY is Professor and Director of the Museum and Heritage Studies program at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Conal has worked in galleries and museums in a variety of professional roles, sits on the boards and advisory groups of a number of institutions, and has published widely on museum practice.

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