Museums : a visual anthropology / Mary Bouquet. by Bouquet, Mary, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Museums in the twenty-first century -- Stretching the National Museum -- A history of ethnographic museums -- The ethnography of museums -- Practices of object display -- Object and image repatriation.…”
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Museums : a history / John E. Simmons. by Simmons, John E.

Table of Contents: “…What is a collection? what is a museum? -- Hoards and tombs -- collections in the ancient world (to 700 BCE) -- The temple of the muses -- the conjunction of objects and knowledge (classical antiquity, 700 BCE to CE 400) -- The power of objects -- medieval collections (400 to 1400) -- Of cabinets and kings -- Renaissance collections (1400 to 1600) -- The museum enlightened -- 1600 to 1800 -- Emergence of the modern museum -- 1800 to 1900 -- Museums in a world gone awry -- 1900 to 1970 -- Learning to read objects (again) -- the post-postmodern museum.…”
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The Museum.

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The art of museums. Guggenheim Museum /...

Subjects: “…Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.…”
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Museum Architecture : a New Biography. by MacLeod, Suzanne

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Architecture, museums and museum studies; Scope of the research; 1. …”
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The green museum : a primer on environmental practice / Sarah S. Brophy and Elizabeth Wylie. by Sutton, Sarah, 1961 August 16-

Subjects: “…Museums Environmental aspects Handbooks, manuals, etc.…”
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Museum Buildings : Construction and Design Manual / Christian Schittich.

Table of Contents: “…The History and Theory of the Museum Building --…”
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Museum rhetoric : building civic identity in national spaces / M. Elizabeth Weiser. by Weiser, M. Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The rhetorical museum -- The story we tell ourselves -- The object of the story -- Identifying with the museum -- Identifying with the nation -- Alternative identifications -- Conclusion : the museum in the world.…”
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Museum matters : making and unmaking Mexico's national collections / edited by Miruna Achim, Susan Deans-Smith, and Sandra Rozental.

Table of Contents: “…"A history worthy of the grandeur of the Spanish nation": collecting Mexican antiquity in the Viceroyalty of New Spain / Susan Deans-Smith -- Forgery and the science of the "authentic" / Miruna Achim and Bertina Olmedo Vera -- Body objects in transit: national pathology between anatomy museums and the Museo Nacional de México, 1853-1912 / Laura Cházaro -- The tangled journey of the Cross of Palenque / Christina Bueno -- Past and present at the Museo de Historia Natural / Frida Gorbach -- Clues and gazes: Indigenous faces in the Museo Nacional de Antropología / Haydeé López Hernández -- Unsettled objects: the Pacific Collection at the Museo Nacional de las Culturas / Carlos Mondragón -- Tehuantepec on display: Tlalocs, Theodolites, fishing traps, and the cultures of collecing in the mid-nineteenth centrury / Miruna Achim -- Conjuring violence away with culture: the Purépecha National Emblem in the Museo Nacional de Antopología / Mario Rufer -- A monolith on the street / Sandra Rozental.…”
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Art in museums / edited by Susan Pearce.

Table of Contents: “…Zolberg -- The Public Interest in the Art Museum's Public / J. Mark Davidson Schuster -- Audiences -- A Curatorial Dilemmma / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill -- Extending the Frame: Forging a new Partnership with the Public / Douglas Worts Revolutionary 'Vandalism" and the Birth of the Museum: The Effects of a representation of Modern Cultural Terror / Dominique Poulot -- Rome, the Arcfhetypal Museum, and the Louvre, the Negation of Division / Jean-Louse Deotte -- Historicality of Art: Royal Academy (1780-1836) and Courtauld Institute Galleries (1990- ) at Somerset House / Mary Beard.…”
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Natural museums : U.S. national parks, 1872-1916 / Kathy S. Mason. by Mason, Kathy S., 1970-

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Museums and innovations / edited by Zvjezdana Antos, Annette B. Fromm and Viv Golding.

Subjects: “…Museums and community.…”
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Museums and communities : curators, collections, and collaboration / edited by Viv Golding and Wayne Modest.

Table of Contents: “…Taylor -- Learning to share knowledge: collaborative projects in Taiwan / Marzia Varutti -- Community engagement, curatorial practice, and museum ethos in Alberta, Canada / Bryony Onciul -- Co-curating with teenagers at the Horniman Museum / Wayne Modest -- Part II. …”
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The museum is open : towards a transnational history of museums 1750-1940 / editors Andrea Meyer, Bénédicte Savoy.

Table of Contents: “…Towards a Transnational History of Museums. An Introduction -- Museums and the Transnational Circuits of Artefacts -- The Ancient Near East in Storage. …”
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TV Museum : contemporary art and the age of television / Maeve Connolly. by Connolly, Maeve

“…Television Museum…”
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Museum branding : how to create and maintain image, loyalty, and support / Margot Wallace. by Wallace, Margot A., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Exhibitions -- Tours -- Building -- Events -- Membership and fundraising -- Education -- Board and volunteers -- Marketing -- Partnerships -- Finding your brand -- Public relations -- Social media and beyond -- Email -- Lobby -- Store -- Café -- Publications -- Academic museums -- Databases.…”
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Learning in the museum / George E. Hein. by Hein, George E., 1932-

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction; The significance of museum education; Educational theory; Early visitor studies; The countenance of visitor studies; Ladder and network theories; Studying visitors; Evidence for learning in the museum; The Constructivist Museum; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Decolonizing museums : representing Native America in national and tribal museums / Amy Lonetree. by Lonetree, Amy

Table of Contents: “…Cover Page -- Decolonizing Museums -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Names -- One Introduction -- Two Collaboration Matters -- Three Exhibiting Native America at the National Museum of the American Indian -- Four The Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways -- Five Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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The Museum Makers : the Story of the Royal Ontario Museum. by Dickson, Lovat

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- 1 The Beginnings -- 2 The Founders -- 3 Laying the Foundations -- 4 The Opening -- 5 The Age of Innocence -- 6 The End of the Beginning -- 7 Education in the Museum -- 8 Gaining Ground -- 9 Bishop as Archaeologist -- 10 In Search of an Identity -- 11 A Time of Transition -- 12 Taking Stock -- 13 A New Era -- 14 Calmer Waters -- 15 Stormy Petrel -- 16 Projecting the Future -- 17 Planning the Future -- 18 Expansion and Renovation -- 19 Mankind Discovering -- 20 Epilogue -- Notes and References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.…”
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Museums & Galleries : Displaying Korea's Past and Future. by Jackson, Ben

Subjects: “…Museums Korea (South) Guidebooks.…”
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