Museums & museology books

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 >>

This open access book shows that students, through geospatial technologies, learn the sustainable approach of heritage...  Read More >>

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

World Heritage and Urban Politics in Melaka analyses how the World Heritage 'label' is being used by different actors...  Read More >>

This book explores one of the untold stories of the American military occupation of Japan, from 1945 to 1952, that...  Read More >>

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

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 >>

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 >>