Museums & museology books

Utilising an architectural lens, this book illustrates how development instigates interest in the past and in the...  Read More >>

The first ever account of the making of the Arab Hall at Leighton House Museum, by reputation, the 'most beautiful...  Read More >>

""Inside-out"" solutions to systematic, long-lasting change within storied and well-established art museums Published...  Read More >>

The Innovation and influence of the first children’s museums in the US When it opened in 1899, the Brooklyn Children’s...  Read More >>

This book offers an exploration of post-migration memory fields—spaces where multiple and often conflicting memory...  Read More >>

The Innovation and influence of the first children’s museums in the US When it opened in 1899, the Brooklyn Children’s...  Read More >>

This book aims to show how a specific form of documentary research, founded in a theatre-making method labelled...  Read More >>

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An introductory museum studies text that approaches museums as communicative knowledge systems that deal with people,...  Read More >>

This book aims to uncover Neoplatonism as an entangled global philosophy that has connected Europe with India for...  Read More >>

An introductory museum studies text that approaches museums as communicative knowledge systems that deal with people,...  Read More >>

This comprehensive updated edition of Practical Heritage Management addresses updates in laws and new practices...  Read More >>

In this captivating book, Giles Mandelbrote takes readers on a journey through the treasures of Lambeth Palace Library,...  Read More >>

The Live Museum uncovers the surprising history of live performances in US museums during the 1970s, exploring how...  Read More >>

This book considers the notion of ‘historical escapism’ through both costume and fashion design, illustrating how...  Read More >>

This book celebrates decades of safeguarding cultural heritage and reckons with reconfigurations and shifts that...  Read More >>

This comprehensive updated edition of Practical Heritage Management addresses updates in laws and new practices...  Read More >>

The Live Museum uncovers the surprising history of live performances in US museums during the 1970s, exploring how...  Read More >>

Understanding displacement aesthetics explores how visual culture and art shape and challenge ideas about forced...  Read More >>

This history of The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates its evolution into one of the world's greatest museums...  Read More >>

This book undertakes a critical examination of monuments, heritage, and memory, analysing their intersections with...  Read More >>

'Fashion's Missing Masses' fills a gap in literature on museums and fashion collections and focuses on the display...  Read More >>

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You are here. This phrase allows us to situate ourselves in the museum space, a map we often turn to in moments...  Read More >>

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