Museology & Heritage Studies

Biocultural collections are plants and animals used by people, products made from them, and/or information and archives about them. They are numero...

This book immediately becomes the reference on how to create exhibitions in modern museums and how to work through the complexities of the exhibiti...

Over the years as the director of the St. Louis Art Museum and later the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Perry T. Rathbone kept a journal. These are...

This groundbreaking book covers the restoration of the law of restitution of cultural property, matching the time, space, and depth dimensions of t...

From an eminent and provocative historian, a wrenching parable of the ravages of colonialism in the South Pacific.Countless museums in the West hav...

How can exhibitions not only stage existing knowledge, but also raise questions that might eventually lead to new research? This question has becom...

The book addresses the contribution of Intangible Cultural Heritage to the sustainable management of historic cities and towns. Through the unique,...

The book critically examines the epistemological disparities between colonialism and capitalism-critical cultural practices and Western art institu...

The compiled essays offer various themes and ways of approaching historiography. Each chapter probes the state of contemporary theorization of arch...

Ancient myths and Roman treasures, lost loves and haunted relics: historical objects are reimagined in fiction, memoir and poetry - featuring items...

Museums and Mass Violence examines the varied ways in which museums around the world address - or fail to address - the problem of mass violence an...

Museums and Mass Violence examines the varied ways in which museums around the world address - or fail to address - the problem of mass violence an...

Grappling with Monuments of Oppression provides a timely analysis of the diverse approaches being used around the world to confront colonial and im...

Grappling with Monuments of Oppression provides a timely analysis of the diverse approaches being used around the world to confront colonial and im...

While growing up in rural Indiana during World War II, William Fagaly began his first venture - collecting and selling earthworms to locals - from ...

West Africa is a rich storehouse of heritage resources belonging to different time periods. Archaeologists attempt to exhume, analyse, and interpre...

West Africa is a rich storehouse of heritage resources belonging to different time periods. Archaeologists attempt to exhume, analyse, and interpre...

This edited volume reflects on the profound effort undertaken by artists to contest settler denial and amnesia to disclose Australia's foundations ...

This edited volume, written by historians of art and visual culture who are working with the field of animal studies, seeks to understand how our w...

The incredible story of the first director of the Morgan Library: a visionary Black woman who walked confidently in an early 20th-century mans worl...

As museums have taken on more complex roles in their communities and the number of museum stakeholders has increased to include a greater array of ...

As museums have taken on more complex roles in their communities and the number of museum stakeholders has increased to include a greater array of ...

Small museums face the same challenges as large museums on a tighter budget and with fewer resources. Navigating these obstacles requires strong l...

Small museums face the same challenges as large museums on a tighter budget and with fewer resources. Navigating these obstacles requires strong l...

Small museums must adopt policies of financial responsibility and stability if they are to last. Through an organized commitment to transparency an...

Effectively managing people, facilities, and partnerships can make or break an institution. Museum operations encompasses responsibility for the ma...

Museums exist to serve their audiences; however, the scope of this charge is constantly being challenged and changed. This book looks at new roles ...

Programs, tours and exhibits are the meat-and-potatoes of what most museums do to meet their missions to educate the public. Interpretation helps m...

Proper collections care, planning, and conservation is an essential responsibility for a museum of any size, but funding for these obligations ofte...

Museums exist to serve their audiences; however, the scope of this charge is constantly being challenged and changed. This book looks at new roles ...

Reinventing the Museum: The Evolving Conversation on the Paradigm Shift offers 44 seminal articles representing the changing perspectives about the...

Although much has been written in recent years on what museum visitors actually experience, there is little research-backed guidance available for ...

Although much has been written in recent years on what museum visitors actually experience, there is little research-backed guidance available for ...

Museums in the Digital Age: Changing Meanings of Place, Community, and Culture showcases  how the use of technology in museums should be understood...

Museums in the Digital Age: Changing Meanings of Place, Community, and Culture showcases  how the use of technology in museums should be understood...

Environmentally friendly practices are crucial to the mission of museums, which, as houses of preservation, are uniquely suited to modeling green b...