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Museum Studies & Public History
A guide to library and online sources for research in museum studies.
Handbooks
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Handbook for Museums by Call Number: AM5 .E37 1996
Museum Basics by E-book
National Standards and Best Practices for U. S. Museums by Call Number: AM11 .A63 2008
The Small Museum Toolkit
The Small Museum Toolkit is a six-volume set of short publications on different aspects of the museum. From the American Association for State and Local History.
The Small Museum Toolkit by Call Number: AM121 .S63 2012Book. 1. Leadership, mission, and governance
Book. 2. Financial resource development and management
Book. 3. Organizational management
Book. 4. Reaching and responding to the audience
Book. 5. Interpretation : education, programs, and exhibits
Book. 6. Stewardship : collections and historic preservation.
Selected Books
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Museum Administration by Call Number: AM121 .G465 2003
Managing People and Projects in Museums by Call Number: AM121 .M67 2017
Manual of Museum Planning: Sustainable Space, Facilities, and Operations by Call Number: AM121 .M37 2012
The AAM Guide to Collections Planning by Call Number: AM133 .A22 2004
Museum Collections Management: A Handbook by Call Number: AM133 .M3837 2011
Museum Marketing and Strategy: Designing Missions, Building Audiences, Generating Revenue and Resources by Call Number: AM5 .K68 2008
Exhibition Design
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What Makes a Great Exhibition? by Call Number: N4395 .W47 2006
Manual of Museum Exhibitions by Call Number: AM151 .M34 2014
Narrative Spaces: On the Art of Exhibiting by Call Number: N4395 .K67 2012
Exhibition Design by Call Number: N4395 .D47 2006
The Art of Museum Exhibitions: How Story and Imagination Create Aesthetic Experiences by Call Number: AM7 .B353 2014
Art and the Power of Placement by Call Number: N4395 .N49 2005
Thinking about Exhibitions by Call Number: N4395 .T55 1996
Visitor-Centered Exhibitions and Edu-Curation in Art Museums by Call Number: N435 .V57 2017
Art's Relationship to the Museum / Gallery
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Art and Artifact: The Museum as Medium by Call Number: N72.A77 P88 2009Artists using the museum as their medium.
Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space by Call Number: N7430.7 .O36 1999
Studio and Cube: On the Relationship Between Where Art Is Made and Where Art Is Displayed by Call Number: N8520 .O26 2007
