Museology & Heritage Studies

Revisiting Museums of Influence presents 50 portraits of a range of European museums that have made striking innovations in public quality over the...

This collection of thirteen vignettes addresses several important episodes in the history of Russian temporary architecture and public art, from th...

Today, death is being reconceptualised around the world as heritage, replete with material markers and intangible performances. These heritages of ...

Since the crisis in governance which led to a shortage of capable board members, recent years have seen the emergence of the enterprising arts orga...

A Representation of Nationhood in the Museum examines how the National Museum of Korea, as a national repository of material culture and the states...

This book analyzes practices of collecting in European art museums from 1989 to the present, arguing that museums actualize absence both consciousl...

Sustainability in an Imaginary World explores the social agency of art and its connection to complex issues of sustainability. Over the past decade...

The Future of Museum and Gallery Design explores new research and practice in museum design. Placing a specific emphasis on social responsibility, ...

Architectural design can play a role in helping make the past present in meaningful ways when applied to preexisting buildings and places that carr...

Saving Spaces offers an historical overview of the struggle to conserve both individual parcels of land and entire landscapes from destruction in t...

This book explores the lived experience of cultural entrepreneurship examining the challenges associated with cultural labour including the insecur...

Contemporary Museum Architecture and Design showcases 18 diverse essays written by people who design, work in, and study museums, offering a variet...

Museums and Photography combines a strong theoretical approach with international case studies to investigate the display of death in various types...

Creativity and Learning in Later Life examines how processes such as creativity and inspiration are experienced by writers who engage with the visu...

The pluralism of South Asia belies any singular reading of its heritage. In spite of this diversity, its cultural traditions retain certain attribu...

Fueled by a flourishing capitalist economy, undergirded by advancements in architectural design and urban infrastructure, and patronized by growing...

Urban Heritage in Divided Cities explores the role of contested urban heritage in mediating, subverting and overcoming sociopolitical conflict in d...

Global and World Art in the Practice of the University Museum provides new thinking on exhibitions of global art and world art in relation to unive...

This new and substantially revised edition of Heritage Planning: Principles and Process offers an extensive overview of the burgeoning fields of he...

The scientific and technological advances that influence the protection of cultural heritage are developing at an ever-increasing pace. Systems to ...

Cultural Heritage, Ageing, Disability, and Identity examines the effects of disability and ageing on engagement with cultural heritage and associat...

Graphic Design in Museum Exhibitions offers an in-depth analysis of the multiple roles that exhibition graphics perform in contemporary museums and...

Art history has enriched the study of material culture as a scholarly field. This interdisciplinary volume enhances this literature through the con...

The Digital Future of Museums: Conversations and Provocations argues that museums today can neither ignore the importance of digital technologies w...