Museums & museology books

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Essays and portraits on the career and influence of curator Hans Ulrich Obrist.  Read More >>

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Exploring online museums as sites of contemporary cultural diplomacy, this book builds on scholarship that highlights...  Read More >>

Exploring online museums as sites of contemporary cultural diplomacy, this book builds on scholarship that highlights...  Read More >>

This book addresses the advent of museum photography through an exploration of the multifaceted relationship between...  Read More >>

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Cultural artefacts, such as those kept and trafficked between art dealers, private collectors and museums, have...  Read More >>

Computer technology has transformed modern society, yet curators wishing to reflect those changes face difficult...  Read More >>

This book challenges common perceptions of Marie Antoinette, appraising the last Queen of France’s role in relation...  Read More >>

First published in 1998, this volume explores the expanding wave of a new kind of museums of contemporary art in...  Read More >>

Exploring the role of museums, galleries and curators during the upheaval of the Second World War, this book challenges...  Read More >>

As one of the most recognisable landmarks from Zanzibar’s years as a British Protectorate, the distinctive domed...  Read More >>

What is the relationship between creativity, cultural heritage institutions and copyright? Who owns culture and...  Read More >>

Conservation and Restoration of Glass is an in-depth guide to the materials and practices required for the care...  Read More >>

The faking and forgery of works of art and antiquities is probably now more extensive than ever before. The frauds...  Read More >>

This book combines current research in open data practices in the heritage sector with technical step-by-step guides...  Read More >>

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With contributions from academics and museum professionals, this edited volume explores the role of enthusiasm,...  Read More >>

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Focuses on three Museums Connect projects arranged between the United States and South Africa, Morocco, and Afghanistan,...  Read More >>

'Chemical Principles of Textile Conservation' provides must-have knowledge for conservators who do not always have...  Read More >>

Proposing a history of exhibitions sourced from a wide corpus reaching beyond the framework of art institutions....  Read More >>

Drawing on the work and writings of Berthold Lubetkin, Deborah Lewittes explores the development of modernist architecture...  Read More >>

This book makes a significant contribution to the history of placemaking, presenting grassroots to top-down practices...  Read More >>