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Author : John Walsh,Deborah Gribbon
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997-12-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892364763
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 : Nicholas Thomas
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781780237039
The Spy Museum, the Vacuum Cleaner Museum, the National Mustard Museum—not to mention the Art Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Getty Center: museums have never been more robust, curating just about everything there is and assuming a new prominence in public life. The Return of Curiosity explores museums in the modern age, offering a fresh perspective on some of our most important cultural institutions and the vital function they serve as stewards of human and natural history. Reflecting on art galleries, science and history institutions, and collections all around the world, Nicholas Thomas argues that, in times marked by incredible insecurity and turbulence, museums help us sustain and enrich society. Moreover, they stimulate us to think in new ways about our world, compelling our curiosity and showing us the importance of understanding one another. Thomas looks at museums not simply as storehouses of old things but as the products of meaningful relationships between curators, the public, history, and culture. These relationships, he shows, don’t always go smoothly, but they do always offer new insights into the many ways we value—and try to preserve—the world we live in. The result is a refreshing and hopeful look at museums as a cultural force, one that, by gathering together paintings, tropical birds, antiques, or even our own bodies, offers an illuminating reflection of who we are.
Author : Graeme Were,J. C. H. King
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780857453648
By exploring the processes of collecting, which challenge the bounds of normally acceptable practice, this book debates the practice of collecting ‘difficult’ objects, from a historical and contemporary perspective; and discusses the acquisition of objects related to war and genocide, and those purchased from the internet, as well as considering human remains, mass produced objects and illicitly traded antiquities. The aim is to apply a critical approach to the rigidity of museums in maintaining essentially nineteenth-century ideas of collecting; and to move towards identifying priorities for collection policies in museums, which are inclusive of acquiring ‘difficult’ objects. Much of the book engages with the question of the limits to the practice of collecting as a means to think through the implementation of new strategies.
Author : Suzanne Greub,Thierry Greub
Publisher : Prestel Pub
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3791338404
"The general popularity of contemporary museum buildings began in the 1970s. The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris demonstrated how a museum could open itself up to the city, how it could become a public forum and shed its cloak of pathos. The days in which museums simply preserved and presented works of art are long gone." "Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings discusses the most important trends in modern architecture and, at the same time, documents increasingly intensive exchanges on an international level, portraying museum buildings and projects from 2000 to 2010 on four continents. A closer look at twenty-seven projects, either completed, planned or still under construction provides a broadly based overview of current museum architecture."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Irina Dana Costache,Clare Kunny
Publisher : Routledge Research in Museum Studies
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Art museums
ISBN : 1138300780
"Academics, Artists, and Museums examines twenty-first century partnerships between the museum and higher education sectors, with a focus on art museums and exhibits"--
Author : Owen Hopkins
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780711254565
Packed with stunning imagery and featuring the world’s most celebrated cultural institutions, architectural historian and museum curator Owen Hopkins looks at the fascinating history of The Museum.
Author : Graham Black
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415615739
In his book, Graham Black argues that museums must transform themselves if they are to remain relevant to 21st century audiences – and this root and branch change would be necessary whether or not museums faced a funding crisis. It is the result of the impact of new technologies and the rapid societal developments that we are all a part of, and applies not just to museums but to all arts bodies and to other agents of mass communication. Through comment, practical examples and truly inspirational case studies, this book allows the reader to build a picture of the transformed 21st century museum in practice. Such a museum is focused on developing its audiences as regular users. It is committed to participation and collaboration. It brings together on-site, online and mobile provision and, through social media, builds meaningful relationships with its users. It is not restricted by its walls or opening hours, but reaches outwards in partnership with its communities and with other agencies, including schools. It is a haven for families learning together. And at its heart lies prolonged user engagement with collections, and the conversations and dialogues that these inspire. The book is filled to the brim with practical examples. It features: an introduction that focuses on the challenges that face museums in the 21st century an analysis of population trends and their likely impact on museums boxes showing ideas, models and planning suggestions to guide development examples and case studies illustrating practice in both large and small museums an up-to-date bibliography of landmark research, including numerous websites Sitting alongside Graham Black's previous book, The Engaging Museum, we now have a clear vision of a museum of the future that engages, stimulates and inspires the publics it serves, and plays an active role in promoting tolerance and understanding within and between communities.
Author : Victor T. C. Middleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Museums
ISBN : 0907331173
Author : American Association of Museums. Commission on Museums for a New Century
Publisher : American Alliance of Museums Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015007570834
In Museums for a New Century: A Report of the Commission on Museums for a New Century, leaders in the museum community explore and identify trends affecting the future of museums and describe the opportunities and responsibilities facing museums in the 21st century.
Author : Graham Black
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136515774
In his book, Graham Black argues that museums must transform themselves if they are to remain relevant to 21st century audiences – and this root and branch change would be necessary whether or not museums faced a funding crisis. It is the result of the impact of new technologies and the rapid societal developments that we are all a part of, and applies not just to museums but to all arts bodies and to other agents of mass communication. Through comment, practical examples and truly inspirational case studies, this book allows the reader to build a picture of the transformed 21st century museum in practice. Such a museum is focused on developing its audiences as regular users. It is committed to participation and collaboration. It brings together on-site, online and mobile provision and, through social media, builds meaningful relationships with its users. It is not restricted by its walls or opening hours, but reaches outwards in partnership with its communities and with other agencies, including schools. It is a haven for families learning together. And at its heart lies prolonged user engagement with collections, and the conversations and dialogues that these inspire. The book is filled to the brim with practical examples. It features: an introduction that focuses on the challenges that face museums in the 21st century an analysis of population trends and their likely impact on museums boxes showing ideas, models and planning suggestions to guide development examples and case studies illustrating practice in both large and small museums an up-to-date bibliography of landmark research, including numerous websites Sitting alongside Graham Black’s previous book, The Engaging Museum, we now have a clear vision of a museum of the future that engages, stimulates and inspires the publics it serves, and plays an active role in promoting tolerance and understanding within and between communities.
Author : Rachel Madan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1907697101
Innovative practical strategies for incorporating sustainable working practices into both institutional and individual curatorial practice.
Author : Karen Brown,Alissandra Cummins,Ana S. González Rueda
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000954227
Communities and Museums in the 21st Century brings together innovative, multidisciplinary perspectives on contemporary museology and participatory museum practice that contribute to wider debates on museum communities, heritage, and sustainability. Set within the context of globalisation and decolonisation, this book draws upon bi-regional research that will enrich our understanding of the complex relationships between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean through museum studies and practice. Chapters reflect upon the role of museums in defining community identities; the importance of young people’s participation and intergenerational work for sustainability; the role of museums in local development; and community-based museums and climate change. Contributors examine these issues through the lens of museum partnerships and practices, as well as testing the continued relevance of the notion of ‘integral museum’ and its relatives in the form of ecomuseums. With its focus on regional museums in Latin America and Caribbean, this book highlights how the case studies promote greater intercultural dialogue, global understanding and social cohesion. It also demonstrates how the methodology can be adapted to other communities who are facing the perils of climate change and unsustainable forms of development. Communities and Museums in the 21st Century proposes creative and sustainable strategies relevant to a globalised future. With its focus on global societal challenges, this book will appeal to museologists and museum practitioners, as well as those working in heritage studies, cultural studies, memory studies, art history, gender studies, and sustainable development.
Author : Josep Maria Montaner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSD:31822034463539
If since the end of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century the museum was consolidated as a new public institution, at the beginning of the 21st century it has become a place for the massive influx of an active public and has become integrated into consumer culture in its broadest sense. As a generator of large urban spaces and a magnet for tourists the museum has also contributed to a total mutation of the building type traditional to it. Profusely illustrated with examples of recent museums, this book is organised into eight chapters, each describing one of the eight trends that can be considered the predominant forms of contemporary museums.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Birkhauser
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783764359638
The museum boom, which has produced a constant stream of new buildings in many cities in Europe and the USA since the seventies, has reached another high point. Important museum buildings by high-profile architects have opened within a single year in Bilbao, Los Angeles, Stockholm, Bregenz and Basel. The concert hall in Jean Nouvela (TM)s Culture Centre in Lucerne has been completed. The New York Museum of Modern Art held a competition for a large-scale extension, and the new Tate Gallery in the disused Bankside power station in London has moved into a crucial building phase. These museum buildings and designs reveal current perceptions of how art is presented in public in their architectural design, their functional planning and their relationship with the cities in which they are sited. Harald Szeemanna (TM)s contribution, written from the point of view of an exhibition curator, describes the prospects that these trends offer museum culture, and possible threatening consequences.
Author : Caroline Lang,John Reeve
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781317017899
What is the relationship today between museums, galleries and learning? The Responsive Museum interrogates the thinking, policies and practices that underpin the educational role of the museum. It unravels the complex relationship of museums with their publics, and discusses today's challenges and the debates that have resulted. The highly experienced team of writers, including museum educators and directors, share their different experiences and views, and review recent research and examples of best practice. They analyse the implications of audience development and broadening public access, particularly in relation to special groups, minority communities and disabled people, and for individual self-development and different learning styles; they explore issues of public accountability and funding; discuss the merits of different evaluation tools and methodologies for measuring audience impact and needs; and assess the role of architects, designers and artists in shaping the visitor experience. The latter part of this book reviews practical management and staffing issues, and training and skills needs for the future. This book is for students, museum staff, especially those involved in education and interpretation, and senior management and policy-makers. This is a much-needed review of the relationship between museums and galleries and their users. It also offers a wealth of information and expertise to guide future strategy and practice.
