Drawing on thirty-five years of experience, and involvement in groundbreaking museums, Gurian presents twenty-two essays that explore the possibilities for making museums more central and relevant to society. Both students and professional in the field will find this of immense interest.
Drawing on thirty-five years of experience, and involvement in groundbreaking museums, Gurian presents twenty-two essays that explore the possibilities for making museums more central and relevant to society. Both students and professional in the field will find this of immense interest.
Foreword Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction: reflections on 35 years in the museum field PART I: The importance of "and": about opportunities possibilities taxonomy and definitions 1. The concept of fairness: a debate at the American Association of Museums 1990 2. The importance of "and": a comment on Excellence and Equity 1992 3. The molting of children's museums? An observation 1998 4. What is the object of this exercise? A meandering exploration of the many meanings of objects in museums 1999 5. Choosing among the options: an opinion about museum definitions 2002 6. Timeliness: a discussion for museums 2003 PART II: A safer place: museums in a civil society 7. The museum as a socially responsible institution 1988 8. Turning the ocean liner slowly: about the process of change in larger institutions 1990 9. The opportunity for social service 1991 8210. A savings bank for the soul: about institutions of memory and congregant spaces 1996 PART III: Space the final frontier: museums construction architecture and space planning 11. Function follows form: how mixed-used spaces in museums build community 2001 12. Threshold fear: architecture program planning 2005 13. Free at last: a case for the elimination of admission charges in museums 2005 PART IV: Noodling around with exhibition opportunities: examining the process that influences them 14. Answers to the ten questions I am most often asked: a review of exhibitions and learning 1981 15. Noodling around with exhibition opportunities: the potential meanings of exhibition modalities 1991 16. Let's empower all those who have a stake in exhibitions: about the uses meaning and failings of the team approach 1990 17. Reluctant recognition of the superstar: a paean to individual brilliance and how it operates 1992 18. A blurring of the boundaries 1994 19. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: history or metaphor? 1993 PART V: Spirituality: the end of the age of the rational 20. A Jew among the Indians: how working outside of one's own culture works 1991 21. Repatriation in context: the important changes brought to museums by indigenous communities 1991 22. Singing and dancing at night: a biographic meaning to working in the spiritual arena 2004 Bibliography Index
Foreword Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction: reflections on 35 years in the museum field PART I: The importance of "and": about opportunities possibilities taxonomy and definitions 1. The concept of fairness: a debate at the American Association of Museums 1990 2. The importance of "and": a comment on Excellence and Equity 1992 3. The molting of children's museums? An observation 1998 4. What is the object of this exercise? A meandering exploration of the many meanings of objects in museums 1999 5. Choosing among the options: an opinion about museum definitions 2002 6. Timeliness: a discussion for museums 2003 PART II: A safer place: museums in a civil society 7. The museum as a socially responsible institution 1988 8. Turning the ocean liner slowly: about the process of change in larger institutions 1990 9. The opportunity for social service 1991 8210. A savings bank for the soul: about institutions of memory and congregant spaces 1996 PART III: Space the final frontier: museums construction architecture and space planning 11. Function follows form: how mixed-used spaces in museums build community 2001 12. Threshold fear: architecture program planning 2005 13. Free at last: a case for the elimination of admission charges in museums 2005 PART IV: Noodling around with exhibition opportunities: examining the process that influences them 14. Answers to the ten questions I am most often asked: a review of exhibitions and learning 1981 15. Noodling around with exhibition opportunities: the potential meanings of exhibition modalities 1991 16. Let's empower all those who have a stake in exhibitions: about the uses meaning and failings of the team approach 1990 17. Reluctant recognition of the superstar: a paean to individual brilliance and how it operates 1992 18. A blurring of the boundaries 1994 19. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: history or metaphor? 1993 PART V: Spirituality: the end of the age of the rational 20. A Jew among the Indians: how working outside of one's own culture works 1991 21. Repatriation in context: the important changes brought to museums by indigenous communities 1991 22. Singing and dancing at night: a biographic meaning to working in the spiritual arena 2004 Bibliography Index
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