STEVEN MILLER is the Executive Director of Boscobel Restoration, Inc., Garrison NY and Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University MA Program in Museum Professions. He has been in the museum field for over four decades as a curator, director, educator, consultant and writer, and has held leadership positions with six major American history museums. He has written extensively on museum topics.

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• Foreword viiIntroduction 11 What is a Museum? 52 Museum Governance 153 Museum Directing 294 Curating=Connoisseurship=Collecting 455 Managing in Museums 656 Audience: A Matter of Definition 1097 Fundraising 1178 Collection Management 1319 Museum Education 13910 Numbers 14511 Conservation: The Preservation Imperative 15512 Exhibitions: Show and Tell 16713 Maintenance and Security 18314 Museums and the Media 20115 Architecture 20716 Volunteers 22117 Behavior 22718 Museum Ethics 24119 What’s Next for Museums? 255Appendix I: A Course Final 263Index 267

STEVEN MILLER is the Executive Director of Boscobel Restoration, Inc., Garrison NY and Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University MA Program in Museum Professions. He has been in the museum field for over four decades as a curator, director, educator, consultant and writer, and has held leadership positions with six major American history museums. He has written extensively on museum topics.

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• Foreword viiIntroduction 11 What is a Museum? 52 Museum Governance 153 Museum Directing 294 Curating=Connoisseurship=Collecting 455 Managing in Museums 656 Audience: A Matter of Definition 1097 Fundraising 1178 Collection Management 1319 Museum Education 13910 Numbers 14511 Conservation: The Preservation Imperative 15512 Exhibitions: Show and Tell 16713 Maintenance and Security 18314 Museums and the Media 20115 Architecture 20716 Volunteers 22117 Behavior 22718 Museum Ethics 24119 What’s Next for Museums? 255Appendix I: A Course Final 263Index 267