Kavanagh .:. The Museums Profession

Kavanagh, Gaynor [ed.],
The Museums Profession. Internal and External Relations. London, NY: Leicester University Press, 1991. x, 178 Seiten mit Register. Pappband (gebunden) mit Schutzumschlag. Grossoktav. 235 x 159 mm. 439 g

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Kavanagh | Museologie

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The number of privately and publicly owned museums in Europe, Japan, North America and the rest of the world has grown in the last decade; there are 4,000 in the UK alone. The number of professional staff has increased commensurately and many of the problems associated with this growth are only now becoming apparent. This book discusses the museums profession, museum tradition and culture, marketing, performance standards, museums and the economy, and the place of theory in museum activities.

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Contents
List of figures Vli
List of tables ix
Acknowledgements xi

I Introduction 1
GAYNOR KAVANAGH

2 Class, culture and collections 13
NEIL COSSONS
Director, National Museum of Science & Industry, London

3 After the artefact: internal and external relations in museums 25
MARK O'NEILL
Keeper of Social History, Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries

4 The museums profession and the articulation of professional
self-consciousness 37
GAYNOR KAVANAGH
Lecturer, Department of Museum Studies, University of
Leicester

5 Measuring museums' merits 57
PETER AMES
Associate Director, Head of Education and Special
Programmes, Museum of Science, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA

6 Area Museum Councils and research 69
TIMOTHY AMBROSE
Director, Scottish Museums Council, Edinburgh

7 A new framework for museum marketing 83
HUGH BRADFORD
Marketing Manager, Scottish Museums Council, Edinburg

8 Museums and the local economy 99
PETER JOHNSON AND BARRY THOMAS
Department of Economics, University of Durham

9 Museums and curatorship: the role of theory 125
TOMISLAV SOLA
Department of Information Sciences, University of
Zagreb, Yugoslavia

10 The future demand for museums 1990-2001 137
VICTOR T.C. MIDDLETON
Visiting Professor, Oxford Polytechnic and Marketing and
Tourism Consultant, Farnham, Surrey

11 Is there life in museums? 161
JULIAN SPALDING
Director, Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries
Index 177

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