People who work in museums, science centers, archives, historical
institutions, and related organizations have it tough. Generally there
are too few of them and too small a budget to adequately accomplish all
the various tasks that are asked of them. In most cases, there is a
shortage of training material to help them learn the various facets of
their job. The profession has been around a long time, and there is a
large store of best practices available to help. One of our goals is to
make these best practices available to museum and related professionals
in a convenient, inexpensive form. We want you to return here over and
over again for this practical, affordable information.
But the field is not standing still, nor is it restricted to a
set of cookie-cutter practices. So we also hope publish things that
address the intellectual side of museum work. What are we trying to
accomplish? Who are our publics and how do we provide the best set of
programs for them? What should the 21st century museum look like? We
hope you’ll join us for these reflective conversations as well.
Note that we are proud publishers of three museum journals, a practice series in conjunction with the Exploratorium, and a variety of other useful volumes from leaders in the field.
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Archaeological Displays and the Public
Museology and Interpretation, Second Edition
Paulette McManus |
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Are We There Yet?
Conversations about Best Practices in Science Museum Exhibits
Kathleen McLean (Editor), Catherine McEver (Editor) |
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Beyond the Glass Case
The Past, the Heritage and the Public
Nick Merriman |
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Connecting Kids to History With Museum Exhibitions
D. Lynn McRainey (Editor), John Russick (Editor) |
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Creating Great Visitor Experiences
A Guide for Museums, Parks, Zoos, Gardens & Libraries
Stephanie Weaver (Author) |
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Curating Oral Histories
From Interview to Archive
Nancy MacKay (Author) |
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Decolonizing Conservation
Caring for Maori Meeting Houses outside New Zealand
Dean Sully (Editor) |
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Faking Ancient Mesoamerica
Nancy L. Kelker (Author), Karen O. Bruhns (Author) |
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Faking the Ancient Andes
Karen O. Bruhns, Nancy L. Kelker |
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Finding Significance
Sue Allen |
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Fostering Active Prolonged Engagement
The Art of Creating APE Exhibits
Thomas Humphrey (Author), Joshua P Gutwill (Author), Exploratorium APE Team (Contributor) |
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Group Inquiry at Science Museum Exhibits
Getting Visitors to Ask Juicy Questions
Joshua P Gutwill (Author), Sue Allen (Author) |
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Heritage Values in Contemporary Society
George Smith (Editor), Phyllis Mauch Messenger (Editor), Hilary Soderland (Editor) |
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Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience
John H. Falk |
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Inconvenient Heritage
Erasure and Global Tourism in Luang Prabang
Lynne M. Dearborn, John C. Stallmeyer |
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Judging Exhibitions
A Framework for Assessing Excellence
Beverly Serrell (Author) |
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Living Images
Egyptian Funerary Portraits in the Petrie Museum
Janet Picton (Editor), Stephen Quirke (Editor), Paul C. Roberts (Editor) |
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Museum Careers
A Practical Guide for Students and Novices
N. Elizabeth Schlatter |
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Museum Education Anthology, 1973-1983
Perspectives on Informal Learning
Susan K. Nichols (Editor), Mary Alexander (Assistant Editor), Ken Yellis (Assistant Editor) |
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Museum Origins
Readings in Early Museum History and Philosophy
Hugh H. Genoways (Editor), Mary Anne Andrei (Editor) |
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Museums and Families
Being of Value
Lynn Dierking (Author) |
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Patterns in Practice
Selections from the Journal of Museum Education
Susan K. Nichols (Editor) |
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The Power of Touch
Handling Objects in Museum and Heritage Contexts
Elizabeth Pye (Editor) |
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Return to Alexandria
An Ethnography of Cultural Heritage Revivalism and Museum Memory
Beverly Butler (Author) |
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Transforming Practice
Selections from the Journal of Museum Education, 1992-1999
Joanne S. Hirsch (Editor), Lois H. Silverman (Editor) |
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Yearbook of Cultural Property Law 2006
Sherry Hutt (Editor), David Tarler (Assistant Editor) |
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Yearbook of Cultural Property Law 2007
Sherry Hutt (Editor), David Tarler (Assistant Editor) |
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Yearbook of Cultural Property Law 2008
Sherry Hutt (Editor), David Tarler (Assistant Editor) |
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Yearbook of Cultural Property Law 2009
Sherry Hutt (Editor), David Tarler (Assistant Editor) |
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Yearbook of Cultural Property Law 2010
Sherry Hutt (Editor), David Tarler (Assistant Editor) |