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Registration Methods for the Small Museum
Häftad, 2017
618 kr
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Registration Methods for the Small Museum has been the definitive guide to registration methodology for small museums since 1978. The book covers all aspects of the registration process and provides practical solutions for the small museum professional in a concise, readable manner. This …
Museum in America
Innovators and Pioneers
E-bok, 2000
723 kr
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The Museum in America captures the life stories of thirteen visionary museum leaders who helped transform the 19th century's collection of curios into today's institution of public service and education. In the lively style of Museum Masters, Alexander recounts the stories of pioneers in American …
Promise of Cultural Institutions
Av David Carr
E-bok, 2004
655 kr
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This thought-provoking collection of essays is essential reading for anyone who cares about cultural institutions and their role in the community of learners. These institutions-often museums or libraries-have the power to profoundly alter our sense of ourselves and of the world around us, but that …
Adult Museum Programs
Designing Meaningful Experiences
Av Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, Robert A. Fellenz m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
606 kr
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Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer and her co-authors have taken an important study and turned it into an intriguing, readable, and practical book. Adult learners provide a unique opportunity for museum educators. But what are adult learners looking for? What motivates them to take a class or attend a …
Great Tours!
Thematic Tours and Guide Training for Historic Sites
Av Barbara Abramoff Levy, Sandra Mackenzie Lloyd m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
584 kr
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Creating tours that are interesting and educational for visitors (and guides!) is a challenge every historic site faces. Great Tours! helps you focus clearly on the material culture and significance of your site and then shows you how to use that focus to train and energize your guides. You will be …
Interpreting Historic House Museums
Häftad, 2002
606 kr
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Times are changing at historic house museums and no one is more aware of this than the fourteen contributors to Interpreting Historic House Museums. These respected museum professionals consider the history of house museums and the need to look at familiar issues from new perspectives and using new …
Promise of Cultural Institutions
Av David Carr
Häftad, 2003
601 kr
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This thought-provoking collection of essays is essential reading for anyone who cares about cultural institutions and their role in the community of learners. These institutions—often museums or libraries—have the power to profoundly alter our sense of ourselves and of the world around us, but that …
Exploring Museum Theatre
Av Tessa Bridal
Häftad, 2004
550 kr
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Museum theatre can be one of the most effective and rewarding programs your institution ever undertakes, and it can be one of the most challenging! Some institutions shy away from theatre because it seems too foreign to their mission, while others take it on enthusiastically but with little …
Digital Imaging
A Practical Approach
Häftad, 2004
558 kr
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Why does Digital Imaging start with a glossary? So that right from the beginning readers learn to 'speak digital.' Koelling demystifies the process of planning and managing a digitizing project, including important issues of copyright and ethics, choosing equipment, weighing technical alternatives, …
American Artifacts of Personal Adornment, 1680-1820
A Guide to Identification and Interpretation
Inbunden, 2005
1844 kr
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Bracelets, buckles, buttons, and beads. Clasps, combs, and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume, there has been no basic guide to help curators, …
American Artifacts of Personal Adornment, 1680-1820
A Guide to Identification and Interpretation
Häftad, 2005
926 kr
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Bracelets, buckles, buttons, and beads. Clasps, combs, and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume, there has been no basic guide to help curators, …
Dialogue with the Past
Engaging Students and Meeting Standards through Oral History
Inbunden, 2004
1608 kr
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Oral history is a marvelous force for empowering young people with a love of history. But educators today may wonder how they might use it to inspire their students while still teaching the necessary curriculum and meeting standards. In Dialogue with the Past Glenn Whitman addresses these concerns …
Dialogue with the Past
Engaging Students and Meeting Standards through Oral History
Häftad, 2004
575 kr
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Oral history is a marvelous force for empowering young people with a love of history. But educators today may wonder how they might use it to inspire their students while still teaching the necessary curriculum and meeting standards. In Dialogue with the Past Glenn Whitman addresses these concerns …
Women and Museums
A Comprehensive Guide
Häftad, 2005
1052 kr
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Women and Museums is the first comprehensive directory of museums for, by, and about women. With useful cross-reference guides and an accessible format this unique resource provides essential information about these institutions, including interpretive themes, the historical significance of their …
Playing Ourselves
Interpreting Native Histories at Historic Reconstructions
Av Laura Peers
Häftad, 2007
618 kr
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Across North America, hundreds of reconstructed “living history” sites, which traditionally presented history from a primarily European perspective, have hired Native staff in an attempt to communicate a broader view of the past. Playing Ourselves explores this major shift in representation, using …
Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums
Av Jane Merritt, Julie A. Reilly
Inbunden, 2010
1899 kr
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Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums is a primer on the preventive care practices that these unique sites need to slow the rate of deterioration and prevent damage and wear to the property and its collections. It proposes a collaborative approach to preservation planning that is based …
Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums
Av Jane Merritt, Julie A. Reilly
Häftad, 2010
953 kr
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Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums is a primer on the preventive care practices that these unique sites need to slow the rate of deterioration and prevent damage and wear to the property and its collections. It proposes a collaborative approach to preservation planning that is based …
Telling History
A Manual for Performers and Presenters of First-Person Narratives
Häftad, 2009
618 kr
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Telling History is a manual for creating well-researched and engaging historical presentations. As museums and other informal learning institutions work to create new and appealing programs, many are turning to dramatic impersonations accompanied by informed discussions to educate their audiences. …
Private History in Public
Exhibition and the Settings of Everyday Life
Inbunden, 2010
1539 kr
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In small community museums, truck stops, restaurants, bars, barbershops, schools, and churches, people create displays to tell the histories that matter to them. Much of this history is personal: family history, community history, history of a trade, or the history of something considered less than …
Private History in Public
Exhibition and the Settings of Everyday Life
Häftad, 2010
592 kr
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In small community museums, truck stops, restaurants, bars, barbershops, schools, and churches, people create displays to tell the histories that matter to them. Much of this history is personal: family history, community history, history of a trade, or the history of something considered less than …
Fundraising for Small Museums
In Good Times and Bad
Häftad, 2011
648 kr
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This clear, accessible manual is designed specifically for people running the thousands of small museums, historic houses, and historic sites across the U.S. and Canada. Typically, these smaller institutions lack endowments and are under-funded. They also tend to be understaffed, so that their …
Archives for the Lay Person
A Guide to Managing Cultural Collections
Av Lois Hamill
Inbunden, 2012
1261 kr
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For volunteers or staff at small organizations, collections management can be a daunting task. Archives for the Lay Person is a guidebook for people who care for historical records, photographs, and collections but do not have the appropriate professional training. Lois Hamill provides practical, …
Archives for the Lay Person
A Guide to Managing Cultural Collections
Av Lois Hamill
Häftad, 2012
620 kr
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For volunteers or staff at small organizations, collections management can be a daunting task. Archives for the Lay Person is a guidebook for people who care for historical records, photographs, and collections but do not have the appropriate professional training. Lois Hamill provides practical, …
Preservation Politics
Keeping Historic Districts Vital
Inbunden, 2012
1138 kr
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You’ve established a historic district in your town! Now what? Preservation Politics picks up where The Politics of Historic Districts leaves off, advising the established HPC on how to maintain momentum in their communities once the initial political campaign to win historic preservation …
Preservation Politics
Keeping Historic Districts Vital
Häftad, 2012
558 kr
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You’ve established a historic district in your town! Now what? Preservation Politics picks up where The Politics of Historic Districts leaves off, advising the established HPC on how to maintain momentum in their communities once the initial political campaign to win historic preservation …
Starting Right: A Basic Guide to Museum Planning
Av Gerald George, Carol Maryan-George
Inbunden, 2012
1390 kr
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Are you thinking of starting a museum? Starting Right has been helping non-professionals learn the basics of museum planning for nearly three decades. This fully-revised, third edition will help you understand what you are getting into, evaluate prospects, avoid pitfalls, and take advantage of many …
Starting Right: A Basic Guide to Museum Planning
Av Gerald George, Carol Maryan-George
Häftad, 2012
618 kr
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Are you thinking of starting a museum? Starting Right has been helping non-professionals learn the basics of museum planning for nearly three decades. This fully-revised, third edition will help you understand what you are getting into, evaluate prospects, avoid pitfalls, and take advantage of many …
Graveyard Preservation Primer
Inbunden, 2013
1317 kr
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A Graveyard Preservation Primer has proven itself to be a time-tested resource for those who are seeking information regarding the protection and preservation of historic graveyards. It was first written to help stewards of early burial grounds responsibly and effectively preserve their graveyards. …
Graveyard Preservation Primer
Häftad, 2013
735 kr
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A Graveyard Preservation Primer has proven itself to be a time-tested resource for those who are seeking information regarding the protection and preservation of historic graveyards. It was first written to help stewards of early burial grounds responsibly and effectively preserve their graveyards. …
On Doing Local History
Av Carol Kammen
Inbunden, 2014
1244 kr
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For over thirty years, Carol Kammen’s On Doing Local History has been a valuable guide to professional and “amateur” historians alike. First published in 1986, revised in 2003, this book offers not only discussion of practical matters, but also a deeper reflection on local, public history, what it …
