Looking for a concise introductory book on museums? Wish you were able to have one of the world's leading museum consultants spend a couple of days with you, talking you through how to start a museum, how museums work, how to set up an exhibit, and more? If so, Museums 101 is the answer to your wishes.
Looking for a concise introductory book on museums? Wish you were able to have one of the world's leading museum consultants spend a couple of days with you, talking you through how to start a museum, how museums work, how to set up an exhibit, and more? If so, Museums 101 is the answer to your wishes.
Mark Walhimer is a managing partner of the museum consultancy Museum Planning, LLC, and an industrial design professor. He is the founder of Museum Courses, an online platform for museum courses, and has taught at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, and at Tecnológico de Monterrey and Universidad Iberoamericana, both in Mexico City. Prior to starting his company, Walhimer held positions at Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California; the Children's Museum of Indianapolis; the Tech Museum in San Jose, California; and Liberty Science Center. He has also been Chief Operating Officer of a museum exhibition design and fabrication firm. He is the author of Museums 101 and Designing Museum Experiences. Walhimer has been a three-time juror for the United States Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, an American Alliance of Museums Museum Assessment Program peer reviewer, and an Institute of Museum and Library Services peer reviewer. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Specialist grant.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Preface Foreword PART I: ESSENTIAL MUSEUM BACKGROUND Chapter 1: Defining a Museum Chapter 2: A Quick History of Museums PART II: CREATING AN INTEGRATED MUSEUM Chapter 3: The Integrated Museum Chapter 4: Starting a Museum Chapter 5: Museum Governance Chapter 6: Museum Feasibility Studies Chapter 7: Museum Planning Strategies PART III: EXHIBITIONS Chapter 8: Collections Chapter 9: The Museum Building Chapter 10: Museum Exhibition Development/Curation Chapter 11: Exhibition Design and Fabrication Chapter 12: Museum Programming: Education PART IV: BEHIND THE SCENES Chapter 13: Museum Finances Chapter 14: Museum Fundraising Chapter 15: Museum Marketing Chapter 16: Museum Project Management Chapter 17: Museum Evaluation Chapter 18: Museum Operations Chapter 19: Museum Accessibility Chapter 20: Museum Research Chapter 21: Collections Care Chapter 22: The Museum of the Future Chapter 23: Putting Your Museum Online Chapter 24: Working in Museums PART V: THE MUSEUM TOOLBOX American Alliance of Museums: Code of Ethics for Museums Sample Bylaws American Alliance of Museums: Developing a Mission Statement Sample Museum Constitution Sample Museum Feasibility Template Sample Board Member Responsibilities Sample Policy for Donations of Objects Sample Donor Questionnaire Sample Museum Exhibit Sponsorship Agreement Timing and Tracking Study Visitor Exit Interview Museum Job Descriptions Sample Museum Director Job Description Object Cataloging Record Museum Exhibition Design Process Resources Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Preface Foreword PART I: ESSENTIAL MUSEUM BACKGROUND Chapter 1: Defining a Museum Chapter 2: A Quick History of Museums PART II: CREATING AN INTEGRATED MUSEUM Chapter 3: The Integrated Museum Chapter 4: Starting a Museum Chapter 5: Museum Governance Chapter 6: Museum Feasibility Studies Chapter 7: Museum Planning Strategies PART III: EXHIBITIONS Chapter 8: Collections Chapter 9: The Museum Building Chapter 10: Museum Exhibition Development/Curation Chapter 11: Exhibition Design and Fabrication Chapter 12: Museum Programming: Education PART IV: BEHIND THE SCENES Chapter 13: Museum Finances Chapter 14: Museum Fundraising Chapter 15: Museum Marketing Chapter 16: Museum Project Management Chapter 17: Museum Evaluation Chapter 18: Museum Operations Chapter 19: Museum Accessibility Chapter 20: Museum Research Chapter 21: Collections Care Chapter 22: The Museum of the Future Chapter 23: Putting Your Museum Online Chapter 24: Working in Museums PART V: THE MUSEUM TOOLBOX American Alliance of Museums: Code of Ethics for Museums Sample Bylaws American Alliance of Museums: Developing a Mission Statement Sample Museum Constitution Sample Museum Feasibility Template Sample Board Member Responsibilities Sample Policy for Donations of Objects Sample Donor Questionnaire Sample Museum Exhibit Sponsorship Agreement Timing and Tracking Study Visitor Exit Interview Museum Job Descriptions Sample Museum Director Job Description Object Cataloging Record Museum Exhibition Design Process Resources Bibliography Index
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