Museums & museology books

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

The book describes the main semiotic concepts that can be used to analyse space, illustrating them with carefully...  Read More >>

David Duindam examines how the Hollandsche Schouwburg, a former theatre in Amsterdam used for the registration 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 charts the history of Teylers Museum from its inception until Lorentz' tenure. From the vantage point...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1987, this book rejects the ‘pay through the nose’ approach to conservation enshrined in...  Read More >>

The national parks of England and Wales are a vital part of the environmental resources of Britain. Originally published...  Read More >>

An exacting study of the activities that marked the First World War Centenary within the UK from 2014 to 2018 that...  Read More >>

The history of archiving and record-keeping has recently attracted a lot of attention, however, scholarship on the...  Read More >>

- Everything librarians, archivists, and museum professionals need to learn about marketing and social media...  Read More >>

In alignment with the ethos of balancing development with cultural and ecological integrity, the book aspires to...  Read More >>

This open access handbook explores the increasingly cross-disciplinary nature of cultural work and assesses how...  Read More >>

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Careers, Community and Leadership in the Arts is a comprehensive guide that unites three essential cultural career...  Read More >>

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This book aims to examine the role and status of sacred cities in the context of the United Nations Sustainable...  Read More >>

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This book asks what it means to decolonize museums in theory and practice. It explores recent calls by activists...  Read More >>

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This book first traces the evolution of Chinese culture, which has a triple structure. The book goes deep into the...  Read More >>

This book explores the intricate relationship between intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and cultural diversity...  Read More >>

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Monuments are sites of collective memory – and increasingly, the subject of controversy. Their existence is questioned,...  Read More >>

City, Public Space, and Body offers a timely and interdisciplinary examination of how bodies experience, shape,...  Read More >>