Stories From Small Museums

Author : Fiona Candlin
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526166852
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories from small museums written by Fiona Candlin and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the late twentieth century, the number of museums in the UK dramatically increased. Typically small and independent, the new museums concentrated on local history, war and transport. This book asks who founded them, how and why. In order to find out more, Fiona Candlin, a professor in museology, and Toby Butler, an expert oral historian, travelled around the UK to meet the individuals, families, community groups and special interest societies who established the museums. The rich oral histories they collected provide a new account of recent museum history – one that weaves together personal experience and social change while putting ordinary people at the heart of cultural production. Combining academic rigour with a lively writing style, Stories from small museums is essential reading for students and museum enthusiasts alike.

Author : Nicolette Polek
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1593765878
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imaginary Museums written by Nicolette Polek and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of flash fiction that feels seemingly arbitrary with an ache of human longing for connection peppered in. . . . These bizarre but beautiful stories transport you elsewhere with no intention of bringing you back." —Ashleah Gonzales, W magazine In this collection of compact fictions, Nicolette Polek transports us to a gently unsettling realm inhabited by disheveled landlords, a fugitive bride, a seamstress who forgets what people look like, and two rival falconers from neighboring towns. They find themselves in bathhouses, sports bars, grocery stores, and forests in search of exits, pink tennis balls, licorice, and independence. Yet all of her beautifully strange characters are possessed by a familiar and human longing for connection: to their homes, families, God, and themselves.

Author : Therese Boyd
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271022765
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Best Places You've Never Seen written by Therese Boyd and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to the best small museums in Pennsylvania that provides directions and visiting hours for entertaining collections of everything from spittoons to trolley cars.

Author : Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 075911952X
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Small Museum Toolkit written by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2012 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a small museum staff person, you are responsible for a lot, including areas outside of your expertise or training. You need a quick reference that makes the process of becoming a sustainable, valued institution less overwhelming. The Small Museum Toolkit is a collection of six books that serves as a launching point for small museum staff to pursue best practices and meet museum standards. These brief volumes address governance, financial management, human resources, audience relations, interpretation, and stewardship for small museums and historic sites." --Amazon.

Author : Daniel B. Reibel
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759111318
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Registration Methods for the Small Museum written by Daniel B. Reibel and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2008 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel B Reibel's Registration Methods for the Small Museum has been the definitive guide to registration methodology since 1978. Covering all aspects of the registration of museum collections, Registration Methods for the Small Museum provides practical solutions for any museum professional in a concise, readable manner. The new fourth edition brings the classic handbook up-to-date with the electronic registration techniques that are available for today's museum.

Author : Arminta Neal
Publisher : Nashville : American Association for State and Local History
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exhibits for the Small Museum written by Arminta Neal and published by Nashville : American Association for State and Local History. This book was released on 1976 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is designed for museums starting exhibit programs with limited staff and resources.

Author : Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759113374
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Small Museum Toolkit: Organizational management written by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a small museum staff person, you are responsible for a lot, including areas outside of your expertise or training. You need a quick reference that makes the process of becoming a sustainable, valued institution less overwhelming. The Small Museum Toolkit is a collection of six books that serves as a launching point for small museum staff to pursue best practices and meet museum standards. These brief volumes address governance, financial management, human resources, audience relations, interpretation, and stewardship for small museums and historic sites. The Small Museum Toolkit, written by thirty-four experienced museum professionals, helps you define the questions you should be asking, gives you tools to achieve your goals, and guides you where to go for help.

Author : Laurence Vail Coleman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manual for Small Museums written by Laurence Vail Coleman and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joyce Apsel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003818137
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Museums for Peace written by Joyce Apsel and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Museums for Peace: In Search of History, Memory and Change highlights the inspiring as well as conflicting representations and purposes of diverse museums for peace around the world. Coming from various cultural and professional backgrounds, the authors explore “what are museums for peace and what do they mean?” Some chapters introduce alternative histories of peace, conflict, and memorialization. This innovative collection examines grassroots museums, military sexual slavery, historical memory in East Asia, and cultural heritage in the Africanized peace museum movement. The chapters discuss differing representations of Gandhi, technology of war and opposition to it, and structural violence such as racial terror and imperialism. Investigating how institutions interact with political and cultural forces, the volume demonstrates that some museums reinforce hegemonic narratives, while others resist authoritative tropes to reveal silenced histories, including peace histories. Museums for Peace will appeal to academics and students in museum studies, heritage studies, peace studies, memory studies, social justice, and human rights. Those working in cultural studies and trauma studies will also find this volume valuable.

Author : Donna R. Braden
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538111047
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spaces that Tell Stories written by Donna R. Braden and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical environments delight visitors because of their ability to make them feel transported to another time and place. These environments, found in both museum exhibitions and historic structures, are usually rich with objects that hint at deeper stories and context. But these spaces often lack rigor in terms of historical and interpretive methodology, along with a thoughtful and purposeful integration of storytelling principles. Spaces That Tell Stories: Creating Historical Environments offers a fresh look at historical environments, providing a roadmap for applying this rigor and integrating these principles into the creation of such environments. It begins by delving into the power of these environments for museum visitors, drawing upon multiple cross-disciplinary fields. An in-depth how-to methodology follows, which begins with the steps of framing the project by aligning it with institutional goals, defining audiences, involving visitor studies, and inviting community engagement. It continues through the steps of researching, creating, interpreting, refining, and evaluating the impact of the environment. The author’s methodology is applicable to environments in both historic structures and museum exhibits from different eras, places, and topics. It is also scalable to museums’ varying sizes and budgets. To give a sense of how the methodology laid out in this book translates into real-world practice, detailed case studies appear throughout, along with practical tips, checklists, charts, descriptive photographs, and source lists. An extensive bibliography follows. Spaces That Tell Stories: Creating Historical Environments is a unique contribution to the museum field. It is a must-read for museum professionals installing or upgrading historic environments, while the methodology and case studies also offer practical strategies for other museum professionals working with collections, exhibitions, and interpretation (and how these are integrated), thoughtful insights into museum practice for students, and a helpful toolkit for local historians.