ABSTRACT

Fully updated and extended to examine the many changes that have occurred in the last decade, this second edition of world-renowned text Museum Basics provides a basic guide to all aspects of museum work and staff experience from museum organization, through collections management and conservation, to audience development and education.

Drawing on a wide range of practical experience, the authors have provided an excellent tool that enable museums throughout the world to conquer a common challenge; to keep up-to-date with new ideas and changing practices.

Organized on a modular basis, with over 100 units, Museum Basics is a reference to support day-to-day museum management, a key text in pre-service and in-service training programmes, and works brilliantly alongside case studies, project work and group discussion.

With a glossary, sources of information and a select bibliography, this is certainly a book that no museum professional, nor museum and heritage studies student will want to be without.

part |1 pages

Section 1 Introductory

chapter |2 pages

Unit 1 About this book

chapter |2 pages

Unit 2 About museums

chapter |3 pages

Unit 3 Types of museums

chapter |4 pages

Unit 4 The case for museums

chapter |1 pages

Unit 5 Museums and sustainability

chapter |3 pages

Unit 6 Museums and ethics

part |1 pages

Section 2 The museum and its users

chapter |2 pages

Unit 7 Museums are for people

chapter |3 pages

Unit 8 Access and accessibility

chapter |8 pages

Unit 9 Understanding your market

chapter |6 pages

Unit 10 Marketing your museum

chapter |2 pages

Unit 11 Developing new audiences

chapter |4 pages

Unit 13 The museum visit

chapter |2 pages

Unit 14 Learning in museums

chapter |2 pages

Unit 18 Facilities for visitors

chapter |3 pages

Unit 21 Providing facilities for hire

chapter |3 pages

Unit 22 Introducing interpretation

chapter |3 pages

Unit 27 Museum lighting

chapter |2 pages

Unit 28 Museum showcases

chapter |4 pages

Unit 31 Writing text

chapter |4 pages

Unit 32 Briefing a designer

chapter |4 pages

Unit 35 Information services

chapter |3 pages

Unit 36 Publications

chapter |2 pages

Unit 37 Museum web sites

chapter |3 pages

Unit 38 Public relations and the media

chapter |2 pages

Unit 40 Researchers as users

part |1 pages

Section 3 The development and care of the museum’s collections

chapter |2 pages

Unit 41 Types of collections

chapter |2 pages

Unit 42 Policies for collecting

chapter |2 pages

Unit 43 Policies for disposal

chapter |4 pages

Unit 44 Donations, purchases and loans

chapter |2 pages

Unit 46 Fieldwork and record centres

chapter |3 pages

Unit 47 Photography, film and video

chapter |6 pages

Unit 49 Documentation systems

chapter |2 pages

Unit 53 Conservation planning

chapter |2 pages

Unit 54 Working with conservators

chapter |3 pages

Unit 59 Materials testing

chapter |2 pages

Unit 60 Storage: principles

chapter |5 pages

Unit 61 Storage: practice

chapter |1 pages

Unit 64 Remedial conservation: practice

chapter |4 pages

Unit 65 Disaster planning

chapter |2 pages

Unit 66 Insurance

part |1 pages

Section 4 The museum and its buildings

part |1 pages

Section 5 The museum and its management

chapter |3 pages

Unit 78 Partnerships

chapter |2 pages

Unit 79 Networking

chapter |5 pages

Unit 81 Developing a forward plan

chapter |1 pages

Unit 83 Evaluation

chapter |4 pages

Unit 84 Project management

chapter |4 pages

Unit 85 Financial management

chapter |5 pages

Unit 86 New sources of income

chapter |6 pages

Unit 87 Fundraising

chapter |2 pages

Unit 88 Management of change

chapter |3 pages

Unit 89 Internal communications

chapter |3 pages

Unit 90 Staff structures

chapter |3 pages

Unit 91 Volunteers in museums

chapter |3 pages

Unit 92 Recruiting museum staff

chapter |2 pages

Unit 93 Conditions of service

chapter |5 pages

Unit 97 Health and safety

chapter |2 pages

Unit 98 Administrative procedures

chapter |3 pages

Unit 99 Computers in the museum

part |1 pages

Section 6: Supporting resources

chapter |3 pages

Section 6 Supporting resources

chapter |2 pages

Unit 101. Resources on the internet

chapter |4 pages

Glossary

chapter |4 pages

Select bibliography