Planning Successful Museum Building Projects

Author : Walter L. Crimm
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759113157
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planning Successful Museum Building Projects written by Walter L. Crimm and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2009-02-16 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of expanded responsibility and constricted funding, museum personnel often need strong practical guidance on the best practices for building projects. The authors of Planning Successful Museum Building Projects discuss the reasons for undertaking building projects (new construction, renovation, expansion), the roles and responsibilities of key players, the importance of a strong vision, and the best methods for selecting architects and construction firms. They also offer in-depth information about budgeting and finance, feasibility studies, capital campaigns, marketing, and communications, as well as advice on how to live through the disorienting process of construction, manage post-opening needs, and evaluate the project's success over time. Planning Successful Museum Building Projects provides all the tools for successfully managing projects from predesign through opening and beyond.

Author : Martha Morris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442273674
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing People and Projects in Museums written by Martha Morris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Managing People and Projects in Museums, readers will discover a practical guide to managing projects and important lessons about the critical role of individuals in the museum workplace. The chapters are illustrated with the experiences and observations of the author and other museum professionals as well as literature from the field. Specifically, the book covers organizational behavior theory, strategic planning, and staffing and human resource development, contemporary leadership challenges, and ethical decision-making. The book provides details on selecting projects, and creating policies that support sound decision systems. Additional topics covered include: the steps in planning a project including chartering, establishing timelines and assigning roles, and developing budgets. Several management issues that are common pitfalls in museum projects are highlighted, including means of resolving conflict. The text examines the formation of high performing teams with an emphasis on understanding individual differences and communications, and the important role of the project manager. The final chapters of the book include tips on evaluation of project success and a set of nine actual case studies from a variety of types and sizes of museums. The Appendix includes helpful project decision templates, charters, and other management tools used by museums today, along with hypothetical exercises.

Author : Gerald W. George
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759105577
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Starting Right written by Gerald W. George and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here in this second edition, updating the original by Gerald George and Cindy Sherrell-Leo, you will find out in straightforward language what a museum is--philosophically and historically--some pros and cons of establishing your museum, up-to-date resource lists, and good basic advice on all aspects of museums from the choice of a building through collections care, registration, exhibitions, conservation, staffing, financial management, and fund raising.

Author : Barry Lord
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 075912146X
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manual of Museum Planning written by Barry Lord and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Manual of Museum Planning has become the definitive text for museum professionals, trustees, architects, and others who are concerned with the planning, design, construction, renovation, or expansion of a public gallery or museum. This new edition has been updated to meet the needs of professional museum practice in the 21st century.

Author : Gerald George
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759121397
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Starting Right: A Basic Guide to Museum Planning written by Gerald George and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you thinking of starting a museum? Starting Right: A Basic Guide to Museum Planning uses straightforward, non-technical language to share the basics of museum planning in an evening’s read. The third edition has been fully revised and updated to address the current issues facing new museums, including the increasing use of digital technologies.

Author : Elizabeth Bogle
Publisher : AltaMira Press
ISBN 13 : 0759122318
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Museum Exhibition Planning and Design written by Elizabeth Bogle and published by AltaMira Press. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great exhibits are never an accident. Planning effective exhibits is a demanding process that requires the designer to consider many different aspects and navigate numerous pitfalls while moving a project from concept to reality. In Museum Exhibition Planning and Design, Elizabeth Bogle offers a comprehensive introduction and reference to exhibition planning and design. This book focuses on both the procedural elements of successful planning, like the phases of exhibit design and all associated tasks and issues, and on the design elements that make up the realized exhibit itself, such as color, light, shape, form, space, and building materials. This helpful guide includes: Breakdown of the design and development project phases used by professional planner/designers Principles of good design as they pertain to: color, light, shape, form, space, line, balance, accent, rhythm, proportion, and scale Criteria to evaluate an exhibit and measure its success Discussion of construction contracts and procedures Discussion of building materials and their advantages and disadvantages Glossary of museum and design terms for easy reference Bogle has translated her years of experience as an exhibition planner into a guide for practitioners of all sizes and levels of experience. For the solo practitioner, perhaps working with limited or no staff in a small institution, Bogle walks through every task that will be faced as the project develops. For the staff member of a larger institution or firm, this book serves as a checklist, reinforcing the instruction that comes from peers and previous experience. Museum Exhibition Planning and Design is a useful tool for anyone interested in or involved in bringing their exhibits to life.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Museum written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joan Darragh
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Museum Design written by Joan Darragh and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, accessible text covers all aspects of the planning, design, and construction of a new museum and the renovation or expansion of an existing facility. Developed from a survey of 30 museums throughout the U.S. by leading museum professionals, this richly illustrated volume provides first-hand information on all facets of the building experience. Culled from interviews with architects, designers, and construction professionals, as well as trustees and other members of the museum community, it examines in detail pre-architectural planning and the creation of an architectural program; selecting and doing business with an architect and designing the museum; the economics of construction, bidding and going to contract, managing construction; and the actual moving-in, operating problems, and maintenance. Index and Bibliography. 120 illustrations, 3 tables.

Author : Dirk Houtgraaf
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9789073239999
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mastering a Museum Plan written by Dirk Houtgraaf and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2008 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mastering a Museum Plan offers a methodology for the creation of museum installations, whether they are small exhibits or museum-wide presentations. Houtgraaf and Vitali draw on their own museum planning experience at Naturalis to highlight six key areas on which installation planning should focus: intellectual and narrative content, spatial organization, the roles of team members, the role of the steering committee, a detailed timeline, and a budget. Mastering a Museum Plan provides an optimal structure for successful planning, one that allows a museum to articulate its message, organize its development activity, avoid the need for crisis management, and prevent the loss of human and material resources.

Author : Johanna Burton
Publisher : Sternberg Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CCS Readers: Perspectives on Art and Culture written by Johanna Burton and published by Sternberg Press. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encounters with art engage various conditions of interiority—whether through psychic spaces or specific physical environments, such as museums and private residences. The exhibition “If you lived here, you'd be home by now,” presented at the Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard, in 2011, was the catalyst for the current volume, providing a paradigmatic case study for probing issues of the personal and subjective within realms of the sociological and the cultural. Through diverse discursive modes—commissioned essays, conversations and talks, historical writings, and artistic projects—this anthology, the first CCS Readers volume, examines the poetics and politics of interior experience within the frame of contemporary art. Contributors Anni Albers, Doug Ashford, Gaston Bachelard, Angelo Bellfatto, Nova Benway, Gregg Bordowitz, Johanna Burton, Theresa Choi, Beatriz Colomina, Lynne Cooke, Moyra Davey, Tom Eccles, Diana Fuss, Jennifer Gross, Elizabeth Grosz, Roni Horn, Jenny Jaskey, Susanne Küper, Elisabeth Lebovici, Nathan Lee, Zoe Leonard, Dorit Margreiter, Josiah McElheny, Helen Molesworth, Georges Perec, Juliane Rebentisch, David Reed, Lisa Robertson, Joel Sanders, Virginia Woolf, Amy Zion