ABSTRACT
Public Value speaks to our time - to the role that museums can play in creating civil societies, to the challenges involved in using limited assets strategically, to the demand for results that make a difference and to the imperative that we build the kind of engagement that sustains our futures. This book assists museum leaders to implement a Public Value approach in their management, planning, programming and relationship building. The benefits are long term public engagement and support, which can be used to demonstrate that valuable returns result from public investment in museums. A range of authors from around the world unpack the concept of Public Value and examine its implications for museums. They situate Public Value within current management theory and practice, offer tools for implementation, highlight examples of successful practice and examine the evidence of Public Value that governments seek to inform policy and funding decisions. The book will be required reading for senior professionals in museums, as well as museum and heritage studies students.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section A|48 pages
The Operational Environment: Public Value Building Blocks
section Section B|48 pages
Case Studies: Implementing Public Value
chapter Chapter 7|16 pages
The Public as Co-producers: Making the London, Sugar and Slavery Gallery, Museum of London Docklands
section Chapter C|74 pages
Working with the Authorizing Environment