Title Starting right : a basic guide to museum planning / Gerald George and Carol Maryan-George

Edition 3rd ed Published Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 168 pages) Series American Association for State and Local History book series American Association for State and Local History book series. Contents The big questions -- What makes a good museum? -- How can you finance it? -- Where can you get help? -- Nuts and bolts -- Analyze for essentials -- What is your museum's mission and what are its limits? -- What collections do you have or need to serve your museum's purpose? -- How will you house your museum? -- How will you provide security? -- Organize for operation -- What governance provisions will your constitution make? -- What procedures will your bylaws contain? -- How will you clarify the relative responsibilities and prerogatives of board members, directors, staff members, and volunteers? -- What else can you do to promote harmony in your organization? -- Plan for activities -- What will be your collections policy? -- What conservation needs must you meet and how? -- What provisions will you make for ongoing research? -- What interpretive methods will you use to reach your publics? -- Recruit the human resources -- What time schedule for development will your museum follow? -- Who will direct your museum and how will you recruit that person? -- What staff positions, paid or volunteer, will you need? -- What provisions will you make for staff training in museum work and museum ethics? -- Now will it really work? -- How will you keep on track? -- How will you evaluate your museum's activities? -- How will you conduct ongoing planning? -- How will you keep your museum alive, dynamic, creative, even visionary, and closely connected to your community? -- Alternatives -- And if you don't want to do all that? -- And if you are planning a historic house museum? -- Some basic documents -- A. basic organization chart -- B. board membership responsibilities agreement -- Sample museum bylaws -- Sample position description for a director -- E. sample certificate of gift -- F. standard object cataloging record -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- About the authors Summary 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 Notes Includes index Subject Museums -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Exhibitions -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Museums -- organization & administration BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology. REFERENCE -- General. TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. Exhibitions Museums General. Museum Publications. SUBJECT United States Subject United States Genre/Form manuals (instructional materials) handbooks. Handbooks and manuals Handbooks and manuals. Guides et manuels. Form Electronic book Author Maryan-George, Carol, 1950- ISBN 9780759121416 0759121419 0759121397 9780759121393 0759121400 9780759121409 9781283571838 1283571838

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