Museum Collections

Author : Freda Matassa
Publisher : Facet Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781856047012

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Museum Collections Management by Freda Matassa Pdf

This landmark publication is the first to draw together all aspects of museum collections management in one handbook. It is designed for anyone with responsibility for a cultural collection and covers everything a collections manager needs to know. It describes professional practice in managing cultural objects and works of art, whatever the size and nature of the collection. The book includes essential information on: Legal aspects of collections Ethical issues such as due diligence and immunity from seizure Up to date concerns such as sustainability, crossing borders and financial constraints Loans, acquisitions, inventory and movement. The book describes all collections management procedures in a simple step-by-step process and is clear and easy to use with all procedures based on international museum practice. Examples of real forms, policies and documents drawn from major museums are included throughout the text and act as guides for any transaction. Readership: Packed full of practical information, advice and good practice, this will be essential reading for all museum professionals, curators of private collections and museum studies students.

Author : Bruce A Campbell,Christian Baars
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780429958991

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The Curation and Care of Museum Collections by Bruce A Campbell,Christian Baars Pdf

Museum curators enter the profession with a specialist subject qualification and yet at some point in their career, many curators find themselves in charge of a range of collections outside of their expert knowledge. Interpreting, curating and caring for mixed collections demands of curators a wide range of knowledge and understanding. The Curation and Care of Museum Collections is designed to give curators the fundamental information and confidence they need to manage and care for all of the collections within their responsibility, regardless of their previous training and experience. Comprising two sections – Museum Collections, and Collection Development and Care – the chapters cover archaeology, art, history, military and natural sciences collections, as well as heritage properties. Every chapter in the book is focused on one type of collection, but all chapters in the collection management section contain advice on topics such as organisational philosophy, documentation, legal issues and materials in order to provide a useful and comprehensive guide to managing collections. The collection care section is structured in the same way, considering the issues of storage; display; handling; moving; packing; housekeeping; health and safety; emergency preparedness; and pest, pollution, environmental, light and vibration management. The contributors to this book are experienced museum professionals, each with their own specialism and a deep understanding of what it means to work in the context of mixed collections. Providing a highly practical guide, The Curation and Care of Museum Collections is essential reading for curators working in all types of museums, galleries and heritage sites, and for students of museology courses around the world.

Author : Miruna Achim,Susan Deans-Smith,Sandra Rozental
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816539574

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Museum Matters by Miruna Achim,Susan Deans-Smith,Sandra Rozental Pdf

Museum Matters tells the story of Mexico's national collections through the trajectories of its objects. The essays in this book show the many ways in which things matter and affect how Mexico imagines its past, present, and future.

Author : Suzanne Keene
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-11
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781136402340

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Fragments of the World: Uses of Museum Collections by Suzanne Keene Pdf

During the past decade a number of individual museums have found imaginative ways of using their collections and of making them accessible. However, museum collections as a whole are enormous in size and quantity and the question of how can they can be put to best use is ever present. When conventional exhibitions can only ever utilise a tiny proportion of them, what other uses of the collections are possible? Will their exploitation and use now destroy their value for future generations? Should they simply be kept safely and as economically as possible as a resource for the future? Fragments of the World examines these questions, first reviewing the history of collecting and of collections, then discussing the ways in which the collections themselves are being used today. Case studies of leading examples from around the world illustrate the discussion. Bringing together the thinking about museum collections with case studies of the ways in which different types of collection are used, the book provides a roadmap for museums to make better use of this wonderful resource.

Author : John Walsh,Deborah Gribbon
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997-12-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892364763

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The J. Paul Getty Museum and Its Collections by John Walsh,Deborah Gribbon Pdf

Provides a history of the buildings that have housed the Getty Museum collections, overviews the collections themselves, and offers a biography of J. Paul Getty

Author : Elizabeth Wood,Rainey Tisdale,Trevor Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351383516

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Active Collections by Elizabeth Wood,Rainey Tisdale,Trevor Jones Pdf

In recent years, many museums have implemented sweeping changes in how they engage audiences. However, changes to the field’s approaches to collections stewardship have come much more slowly. Active Collections critically examines existing approaches to museum collections and explores practical, yet radical, ways that museums can better manage their collections to actively advance their missions. Approaching the question of modern museum collection stewardship from a position of "tough love," the authors argue that the museum field risks being constrained by rigid ways of thinking about objects. Examining the field’s relationship to objects, artifacts, and specimens, the volume explores the question of stewardship through the dissection of a broad range of issues, including questions of "quality over quantity," emotional attachment, dispassionate cataloging, and cognitive biases in curatorship. The essays look to insights from fields as diverse as forest management, library science, and the psychology of compulsive hoarding, to inform and innovate collection practices. Essay contributions come from both experienced museum professionals and scholars from disciplines as diverse as psychology, education, and history. The result is a critical exploration that makes the book essential reading for museum professionals, as well as those in training.

Author : Felix Driver ,Mark Nesbitt,Caroline Cornish
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781787355088

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Mobile Museums by Felix Driver ,Mark Nesbitt,Caroline Cornish Pdf

Mobile Museums presents an argument for the importance of circulation in the study of museum collections, past and present. It brings together an impressive array of international scholars and curators from a wide variety of disciplines – including the history of science, museum anthropology and postcolonial history - to consider the mobility of collections. The book combines historical perspectives on the circulation of museum objects in the past with contemporary accounts of their re-mobilisation, notably in the context of Indigenous community engagement. Contributors seek to explore processes of circulation historically in order to re-examine, inform and unsettle common assumptions about the way museum collections have evolved over time and through space. By foregrounding questions of circulation, the chapters in Mobile Museums collectively represent a fundamental shift in the understanding of the history and future uses of museum collections. The book addresses a variety of different types of collection, including the botanical, the ethnographic, the economic and the archaeological. Its perspective is truly global, with case studies drawn from South America, West Africa, Oceania, Australia, the United States, Europe and the UK. Mobile Museums helps us to understand why the mobility of museum collections was a fundamental aspect of their history and why it continues to matter today. Praise for Mobile Museums 'This book advances a paradigm shift in studies of museums and collections. A distinguished group of contributors reveal that collections are not dead assemblages. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries were marked by vigorous international traffic in ethnography and natural history specimens that tell us much about colonialism, travel and the history of knowledge – and have implications for the remobilisation of museums in the future.’ – Nicholas Thomas, University of Cambridge 'The first major work to examine the implications and consequences of the migration of materials from one scientific or cultural milieu to another, it highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of collections and offers insights into their potential for future re-mobilisation.' – Arthur MacGregor

Author : Henry Beissel
Publisher : Agincourt, Ont. : Gage Pub.
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Canadian drama
ISBN : 077159979X

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Inook and the Sun by Henry Beissel Pdf

Grade level: 5, 6, 7, e, i.

Author : Victoria and Albert Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018783045

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Inventory of the Objects forming the Collections of the Museum of Ornamental Art at South Kensington by Victoria and Albert Museum Pdf

Author : Smithsonian Institution
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Photography
ISBN : UCSD:31822003895158

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Guide to Photographic Collections at the Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of American History by Smithsonian Institution Pdf

Author : Sharon Macdonald
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781444334050

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A Companion to Museum Studies by Sharon Macdonald Pdf

A Companion to Museum Studies captures the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society. Collects first-rate original essays by leading figures from a range of disciplines and theoretical stances, including anthropology, art history, history, literature, sociology, cultural studies, and museum studies Examines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political, curatorial, historical and representational perspectives Covers traditional subjects, such as space, display, buildings, objects and collecting, and more contemporary challenges such as visiting, commerce, community and experimental exhibition forms

Author : Donald R. Cumberland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Insulating materials
ISBN : IND:30000044946964

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Museum Collection Storage Space by Donald R. Cumberland Pdf

Author : Kiersten F. Latham,John E. Simmons
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781610699525

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Foundations of Museum Studies by Kiersten F. Latham,John E. Simmons Pdf

This broad introduction to museums benefits all educators who teach introductory museum studies, addressing the discipline from a holistic, dynamic, and document-centered perspective. Museums serve to help us understand the past and navigate our future—as individuals, as societies, and as a global community. A careful and accurate assessment of a museum's purpose is crucial to its ability to serve its users effectively. Foundations of Museum Studies: Evolving Systems of Knowledge offers a holistic introduction to museums and the study of them from the perspective of specialization in museum studies within the context of library and information science (LIS). The book strikes a balance between theory and practice, examining museums from a systems perspective that considers museums to be document-centered institutions—that objects are documents that generate and convey information, meaning, and inspiration. The authors utilize examples drawn from their experience with institutions in the United States that can be applied to museums across the world. Future museum professionals who read this book will have a broader perspective, an expanded skill set, and the adaptability to span the spectrum of traditional academic disciplines.

Author : Boston, Mass. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,Hilliard T. Goldfarb,Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, Mass.).
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300063415

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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by Boston, Mass. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,Hilliard T. Goldfarb,Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, Mass.). Pdf

"This book takes you through the collection gallery by gallery, illuminating the art and installations in each room"--From preface.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
ISBN : UOM:39015052815043

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Peabody Essex Museum Collections by Anonim Pdf