Museums & museology books

This open access book explores the challenges and opportunities of preserving, reconstructing, exhibiting, and communicating...  Read More >>

(Scientific Society of Architectural Engineering), Colloqui.AT.e, which was held in Palermo, Italy, on June 12–15,...  Read More >>

This book provides a thorough exploration of how heritage representation has evolved in the digital age, highlighting...  Read More >>

This book investigates the crucial yet often overlooked role of sound in shaping the memory of the Second World...  Read More >>

The only booklength account of collective remembering and analysis of how the 1989 Beijing student movement and...  Read More >>

This book examines ephemeral exhibitions from 1750 to 1918. In an era of acceleration and elusiveness, these transient...  Read More >>

This book challenges the museum enterprise in China as a state monopoly and considers it as a new cultural agency...  Read More >>

This book charts the history of Teylers Museum from its inception until Lorentz' tenure. From the vantage point...  Read More >>

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This book examines ephemeral exhibition spaces from 1750-1918, focusing on domestic interiors and public exhibitions...  Read More >>

This book examines China's heritage practices since the 1990s heritage turn through diverse case studies using multiple...  Read More >>

Constructing Kanchi: City of Infinite Temples traces the emergence of the South Indian city of Kanchi as a major...  Read More >>

Making the Palace Machine Work: Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire brings the studies of...  Read More >>

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This book examines how heritage interacts with social-cultural changes and how individuals perform and negotiate...  Read More >>

Hybrid Museum Experiences use new technologies to augment, expand or alter the physical experience of visiting a...  Read More >>

This book provides an overview of critical scholarly reflections on the history of Dutch slavery and colonization,...  Read More >>

The prehistoric site of Ban Chiang in northeast Thailand challenges the narrative of Thai origins, while at the...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1971 The Countryside on View is a handbook which provides extensive information about the...  Read More >>