| Description |
415 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Serving children when parents come along / Ellen M. Rosenthal -- Family business / Tom Downey -- A special service / Frazer Swift -- Rules for the (r) evolution of museums / Elizabeth Wood -- Capacity building and cultural ownership / Eithne Nightingale -- What is the power of the object? / Esben Kjaeldbæk -- Interpreting the Second World War / James Taylor -- How museums speak / Esben Kjaeldbæk -- Ethnographic research: a fresh eye on marketing / Margot Wallace -- Creating the utopian experience / Gregory Krum -- Increasing visitor spend / Nuala McGourty -- Confessions of a long-tail visionary ; Clearing the path for Sisyphus / Jeff Gates -- Engaging the public / Wayne Labar -- Medicine on show / Ken Arnold, Lisa Jamieson -- Crossing the threshold: design to engage / Gillian Thomas -- Science & technology exhibits: the use of interactives / Franz Klingender -- Collective conversations / Malcolm Chapman, Gurdeep Thiara -- Old forms, new purposes / Victoria Dickenson -- Inclusive without knowing it / Stephanie Wintzerith |
| Notes |
"This exciting new collection of essays by leading international museum paraticioners focuses on the across-the-board innovations taking place in some of the world's most forward thinking museums and charts the new directions museums need to take in today's increasingly challenging and competitive environment."--P. 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Museums -- Educational aspects -- Case studies.
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Museums -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies.
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Museums -- Marketing -- Case studies.
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Museums -- Philosophy -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| ISBN |
0956194397 |
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9780956194398 |
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