Museums 101 /
"Looking for an A-Z, one-stop, comprehensive book on museums? Wish you were able to have one of the nation's leading museum consultants spend a couple of days with you, talking you through how to start a museum, how museums work, how to set up an exhibit, and more? If so, Museums 101 is th...
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Essential museum background. Defining a museum ; A quick history of museums
- Creating an integrated museum. The integrated museum ; Starting a museum ; Museum governance ; Museum feasibility studies ; Museum planning strategies
- Exhibitions. Collections ; The museum building ; Museum exhibition development/Curation ; Exhibition design and fabrication ; Museum programming education
- Behind the scenes. Museum finance ; Museum fundraising ; Museum marketing ; Museum project management ; Museum evaluation ; Museum operations ; Museum accessibility ; Museum research ; Collections care ; The museum of the future ; Putting your museum online ; Working in museums
- The museum toolbox. American Alliance of Museums : Code of ethics for museums ; Sample bylaws ;American Alliance of Museums : Developing a mission statement ; Sample museum constitution ; Sample museum feasibility template ; Sample board member responsibilities ; Sample policy for donations of objects ; Sample donor questionnaire ; Sample museum exhibit sponsorship agreement ; Timing and tracking study ; Visitor exit interview ; Museum job descriptions ; Object cataloging record ; Museum exhibition design process.