Museums & museology books

In Exhibiting Contradiction, a leading scholar considers the way art museums have depicted - and continue to depict...  Read More >>

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This catalogue contains a reproduction and complete description of each of the European paintings in the collection...  Read More >>

Sets out a coherent methodology for the discipline which expands on and extends beyond the purely functional analysis...  Read More >>

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Topics covered in this work include: new kinds of museums in the 19th century - the cathedrals of urban modernity;...  Read More >>

Tim Caulton investigates how to create and operate effective exhibitions which achieve their educational objectives...  Read More >>

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Tim Caulton investigates how to create and operate effective exhibitions which achieve their educational objectives...  Read More >>

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The entire sculpture collection of the Getty Museum is catalogued in this book designed for scholars and students...  Read More >>

This book is a contribution to debates about the politics of public culture. It will be of interest to students...  Read More >>

This book is a contribution to debates about the politics of public culture. It will be of interest to students...  Read More >>

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Essential reading for all those interested in post-colonial theory, museum studies, material culture and design...  Read More >>

Essential reading for all those interested in post-colonial theory, museum studies, material culture and design...  Read More >>

Ariadne Staples provides an arresting and original analysis of the role of women in Roman society, which challenges...  Read More >>

Prepared by leading members of some of the world's foremost science museums and science centres, by historians,...  Read More >>

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This children's book takes a tour through the Getty Museum, adjacent gardens, conservation laboratories and other...  Read More >>

Brings together studies of contemporary and historical exhibitions and contends that exhibitions are never, and...  Read More >>

'The Book of Hiding' offers an analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender,...  Read More >>

'The Book of Hiding' offers an analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender,...  Read More >>

Explores the concept of 'sacred' and what it means and implies to people in differing cultures. It looks at why...  Read More >>

Dioramas and panoramas, freaks and magicians, waxworks and menageries, obscure relics and stuffed animals - a dazzling...  Read More >>