The first edition of this book was written in order to open up the box of tools labelled ‘management’ for conservators and other preservation professionals to make use of if they wished. At that time many of these notions were unfamiliar in this context. Now, we hear daily and hourly about the principles and concepts of management, applied to everything from opera houses to primary sch…
Fully updated to include the many changes that have occurred in the last decade, this second edition 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.
The origins of this book lie in an international conference organised to celebrate 40 years of the Department of Museum Studies, at University of Leicester, held in April 2006. That conference acted as a springboard for the papers contained in this volume. This is not, however, a conference volume: all of the papers have been signifi cantly developed since that meeting and represent the fully d…
Leicester Readers in Museum Studies provide students of museums – whether employed in the museum, engaged in a museum studies programme or studying in a cognate area – with a selection of focused readings in core areas of museum thought and practice. Each book has been compiled by a specialist in that field, but all share the Leicester Department’s belief that the development and effectiv…