Download or read book The Small Museum Toolkit Interpretation education programs and exhibits written by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2012 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: .Cs7CED571B{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt}.cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; }Interpretation helps the public understand our purpose and mission. In this book, we tackle how to orient your organization to be effective interpreters of what you collect; how to tell engaging stories; and how to address difficult issues you may have avoided. We provide a primer in historical research for the non-historian and the do-it-yourself basics for creating.
Download or read book Interpretation Education Programs and Exhibits written by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Programs, tours and exhibits are the meat-and-potatoes of what most museums do to meet their missions to educate the public. Interpretation helps make small museums compelling so that the public understands that they are more than a repository of dusty objects. This book considers researching and designing exhibits and best practices for sharing the stories with your audiences. It explores how to orient your organization to be effective interpreters of what you collect, including how to tell engaging stories and how to address difficult issues you may have ignored in the past, like slavery, prejudice and privilege. For the non-historian, it also offers a step-by-step primer on good historical research.
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Download or read book The Small Museum Toolkit written by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2012 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a small museum staff person, you are responsible for a lot, including areas outside of your expertise or training. You need a quick reference that makes the process of becoming a sustainable, valued institution less overwhelming. The Small Museum Toolkit is a collection of six books that serves as a launching point for small museum staff to pursue best practices and meet museum standards. These brief volumes address governance, financial management, human resources, audience relations, interpretation, and stewardship for small museums and historic sites." --Amazon.
Download or read book Manual of Museum Exhibitions written by Maria Piacente and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All museum activities converge in the very public forum of the exhibition. Whether large or small, exhibitions are responsible for driving museum attendance and revenue as well as showcasing new research and engaging audiences in new ideas. As museums move from a transmission to a visitor-centered model, exhibitions are more experience driven, participatory, and interactive, built around multiple perspectives and powerful storytelling. The exhibition development process is more complex than ever as audiences demand more dynamic, diverse and inclusive experiences. Museum leaders, interpretive planners, designers, and curators are rising to the challenges in innovative ways. This manual details the exhibition process in a straightforward way that can be easily adapted by institutions of any size. It explores the exhibition planning and development process in a wealth of detail, providing the technical and practical methodologies museum professionals need today. This 3rd edition includes many new features and expanded chapters on evaluation, virtual exhibitions multimedia, travelling exhibition, curiosity and motivation, DEAI (diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion), while retaining the essential content related to interpretive planning, roles and responsibility, and content development. New and exciting case studies, exhibition examples, and more than 200 color photos and figures illustrate every step of the process. No museum or museum professional can be without this critical guide to an essential function.
Download or read book Great Exhibits written by Beth Hansen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building informative and interesting exhibits is challenging for small museums. Even museums with minimal budgets can produce quality exhibits with guidance from Great Exhibits! An Exhibit Planning and Construction Handbook for Small Museums. Using research from top exhibit professionals and do-it-yourself installation instructions, small museum staff and volunteers will be able to build professional exhibits. Museum professionals have dedicated years of study to the experiences of museum visitors. Great Exhibits! combines the best academic research that will help small museums understand what needs to go into planning an exhibit with step-by-step instructions that outline the process for planning successful exhibits. Digital interactive technology and simple hands-on experiences are included. To keep up with changing technology, the companion website https://bethsagehansen.wordpress.com/ will be updated regularly to provide resources and current digital technology. The best thing about Great Exhibits! is that features more than 100 FULL-COLOR photographs and illustrations to show you how to create exhibit cases, object mounts, and temporary walls. This practical guide is invaluable for any museum without professional fabricators. Based on practical experiences at small museums across the country and featuring more than 100 full-color photographs and illustrations, Great Exhibits! is an invaluable resource for theoretical guidance and practical assistance to anyone who works or volunteers in a small museum as well as a textbook for museum studies programs. To keep up with changing technology, the companion website https://bethsagehansen.wordpress.com/ will be updated regularly to provide resources and current digital technology.
Download or read book Manual of Museum Exhibitions written by Barry Lord and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All museum activities converge in the public forum of the exhibition – regardless of whether the exhibit is held in the physical museum or is on the Web. Since the first edition of this book in 2002, there has been a world-wide explosion of new galleries and exhibition halls, and new ideas about how exhibitions should look and communicate. The definition of what an exhibition is has changed as exhibitions can now be virtual; non-traditional migratory and pop-up spaces play host to temporary displays; social media has created amazing opportunities for participatory engagement and shifted authority away from experts to the public; and as time-constrained audiences demand more dynamic, interactive, and mobile applications, museum leadership, managers, staff, and designers are rising to these challenges in innovative ways. Drawing on years of experience and top-flight expertise, Barry Lord and Maria Piacente detail the exhibition process in a straightforward way that can be easily adapted by institutions of any size. They explore the exhibition development process in greater detail, providing the technical and practical methodologies museum professionals need today. They’ve added new features and expanded chapters on project management, financial planning and interactive multimedia while retaining the essential content related to interpretive planning, curatorship, and roles and responsibilities. This second edition of the standby Manual of Museum Exhibitions is arranged in four parts: Why – Covering the purpose of exhibits, where exhibit ideas come from, and how to measure success Where – Covering facilities and spaces, going into details including security, and interactive spaces What – A look at both permanent collection displays, and non-collection displays, as well as virtual, participatory, temporary, travelling displays, and retail sales How – Who is involved, planning, curatorship, and content development, design, multimedia, fabrication and installation, financial planning, and project management Over 130 figures and photographs illustrate every step of the exhibit process. No museum can be without this critical, detailed guide to an essential function.
Download or read book The Small Museum Toolkit written by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2012 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a small museum staff person, you are responsible for a lot, including areas outside of your expertise or training. You need a quick reference that makes the process of becoming a sustainable, valued institution less overwhelming. The Small Museum Toolkit is a collection of six books that serves as a launching point for small museum staff to pursue best practices and meet museum standards. These brief volumes address governance, financial management, human resources, audience relations, interpretation, and stewardship for small museums and historic sites." --Amazon.
Download or read book Interpretation written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Museum Administration 2 0 written by Hugh H. Genoways and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wondering what a museum director actually does? About to start your first director's job? Looking for guidance in starting up a museum or working with a museum director? Hugh Genoways, Lynne Ireland, and Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko have taken the mystery out and put common sense and good guidance in. Learn about everything from budgets and strategic planning to human resources and facilities management to collections and programming. They also help you tackle legal documents, legal and ethical issues, and challenges for today's 2.0 world. Case studies and exercises throughout help you review and practice what you are learning, and their extensive references will be a welcome resource.
Download or read book Patterns in Practice written by Museum Education Roundtable and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1992 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second anthology of the "Journal of Museum Education." This edition reflects the maturation of the field of museum education, reports on its evolution, and reminds the reader of the diversity to be found in the field. Introspective essays by numerous authors challenge museum educators to reexamine their goals, attitudes, work, and audiences they serve. Divided into the following five sections, some essays include: Section 1, "Coming of Age:""The Museum's Role in a Multicultural Society" (Brown); "Afro-American Museums: A Future Full of Promise" (Dickerson); "To Realize Our Museums' Full Potential" (Madden); "Professional Standards for Museum Educators 'American Association of Museums Standing Professional Committee on Education' Preface" (Williams); Section 2,"Reflecting on Things and Theory:""Object Knowledge: Every Museum Visitor an Interpreter" (Schlereth); "Vision and Culture: The Role of Museums in Visual Literacy" (Rice); "Naive Notions and the Design of Science Museum Exhibits" (Borun); "Passionate and Purposeful: Adult Learning Communities" (Baldwin et al); "Sending Them Home Alive" (Olds); Section 3: "Considering the Museum Experience:""New Directions for Research" (Diamond); "Visitor Participation in Formative Exhibit Evaluation" (McNamara); "The Family Museum Experience: Implications from Research" and "Afterword" (Dierking); "Understanding Demographic Data on 200 Visitors" (Birney, Heinrich); Section 4: "Putting Plans into Practice:""Ideas on Informal Learning and Teaching" (Mayer); "Decentralizing Interpretation: Developing Museum Education Materials with and for Schools" (O'Connell); "Education Programs for Older Adults" and "Afterword" (Sharpe); "Learning about Reptiles and Amphibians: A Family Experience" (White, Marcellini, Barry); "Theater Techniques in an Aquarium or a Natural History Museum" (Rutowski); and Section 5: "Thinking about Ourselves and Our Field:""Your Private Temple: Fighting Change" (Muhlberger); "Concept, Method, and Professional Exchange" (Matelic); and "Preparation for Empowerment." Each section contains an introductory essay, followed by essays with varied perspectives on the theme of the section. (EH)
Download or read book Starting Right A Basic Guide to Museum Planning written by Gerald George and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you thinking of starting a museum? Starting Right: A Basic Guide to Museum Planning uses straightforward, non-technical language to share the basics of museum planning in an evening’s read. The third edition has been fully revised and updated to address the current issues facing new museums, including the increasing use of digital technologies.
Download or read book The Museum Educator s Manual written by Anna Johnson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Museum Educator's Manual addresses the role museum educators play in today's museums from an experience-based perspective. Seasoned museum educators author each chapter, emphasizing key programs along with case studies that provide successful examples, and demonstrate a practical foundation for the daily operations of a museum education department, no matter how small. The book covers: volunteer and docent management and training; exhibit development; program and event design and implementation; working with families, seniors, and teens; collaborating with schools and other institutions; and funding. This second edition interweaves technology into every aspect of the manual and includes two entirely new chapters, one on Museums - An Educational Resource for Schools and another on Active Learning in Museums. With invaluable checklists, schedules, organizational charts, program examples, and other how-to documents included throughout, The Museum Educator's Manual is a 'must have' book for any museum educator.
Download or read book Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge written by Eileen Hooper Greenhill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1992-01-23 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Museums have been active in shaping knowledge over the last six hundred years. Yet what is their function within today's society? At the present time, when funding is becoming increasingly scarce, difficult questions are being asked about the justification of museums. Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge presents a critical survey of major changes in current assumptions about the nature of museums. Through the examination of case studies, Eilean Hooper-Greenhill reveals a variety of different roles for museums in the production and shaping of knowledge. Today, museums are once again organising their spaces and collections to present themselves as environments for experimental and self-directed learning.
Download or read book Developing an Interpretation and Education Policy for the Museum written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpretation and education programs must be regarded as a central part of the museum's raison d'être within its community. This document provides guidelines to formulating an interpretation and education policy and outlines different types of programs, such as school programs, in- house training, professional development for teachers, special events and exhibits, and outreach.
Download or read book Public History and the Food Movement written by Michelle Moon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public History and the Food Movement argues that today’s broad interest in making food systems fairer, healthier, and more sustainable offers a compelling opportunity for the public history field. Moon and Stanton show how linking heritage institutions’ unique skills and resources with contemporary food issues can offer accessible points of entry for the public into broad questions about human and environmental resilience. They argue that this approach can also benefit institutions themselves, by offering potential new audiences, partners, and sources of support at a time when many are struggling to remain relevant and viable. Interviews with innovative practitioners in both the food and history fields offer additional insights. Drawing on both scholarship and practice, Public History and the Food Movement presents a practical toolkit for engagement. Demonstrating how public historians can take on a vital contemporary issue while remaining true to the guiding principles of historical research and interpretation, the book challenges public historians to claim an expanded role in today’s food politics. The fresh thinking will also be of interest to public historians looking to engage with other timely issues.
Download or read book Education Programs for Special Exhibitions on Tour written by Ellen Jeanette Zak and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
