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Civilizing the museum :

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020300356X

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9780203003565

Erroneous ISBN

0415357624

Erroneous ISBN

0415357667

Erroneous ISBN

9780415357623

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9780415357661

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b767445

Title Proper

Civilizing the museum :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the collected writings of Elaine Heumann Gurian /

First Statement of Responsibility

Elaine Heumann Gurian.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2006.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xix, 217 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index.

Text of Note

Chapter INTRODUCTION -- part PART I The importance of and: about opportunities, possibilities, taxonomy, and definitions -- chapter 1 The concept of fairness: a debate at the American Association of Museums, 1990 -- chapter 2 The importance of and: a comment on Excellence and Equity, 1992 -- chapter 3 The molting of children's museums? An observation, 1998 -- chapter 4 What is the object of this exercise? A meandering exploration of the many meanings of objects in museums, 1999 -- chapter 5 Choosing among the options: an opinion about museum definitions, 2002 -- chapter 6 Timeliness: a discussion for museums, 2003 -- part PART II A safer place: museums in a civil society -- chapter 7 THE MUSEUM AS A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTION, 1988 -- chapter 8 Turning the ocean liner slowly: about the process of change in larger institutions, 1990 -- chapter 9 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL SERVICE, 1991 -- chapter 10 A savings bank for the soul: about institutions of memory and congregant spaces, 1996 -- part PART III Space, the final frontier: museums, construction, architecture, and space planning -- chapter 11 Function follows form: how mixed-used spaces in museums build community, 2001 -- chapter 12 Threshold fear: architecture program planning, 2005 -- chapter 13 Free at last: a case for the elimination of admission charges in museums, 2005 -- part PART IV Noodling around with exhibition opportunities: examining the process that influences them -- chapter 14 Answers to the ten questions I am most often asked: a review of exhibitions and learning, 1981 -- chapter 15 Noodling around with exhibition opportunities: the potential meanings of exhibition modalities, 1991 -- chapter 16 Let's empower all those who have a stake in exhibitions: about the uses, meaning, and failings of the team approach, 1990 -- chapter 17 Reluctant recognition of the superstar: a paean to individual brilliance, and how it operates, 1992 -- chapter 18 A blurring of the boundaries, 1994 -- chapter 19 The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: history or metaphor? 1993 -- part PART V Spirituality: the end of the age of the rational -- chapter 20 A Jew among the Indians: how working outside of one's own culture works, 1991 -- chapter 21 Repatriation in context: the important changes brought to museums by indigenous communities, 1991 -- chapter 22 Singing and dancing at night: a biographic meaning to working in the spiritual arena, 2004.

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Title

Civilizing the museum.

International Standard Book Number

0415357624

Architectural design.

Communication and culture.

Cultural property-- Protection.

Museum exhibits.

Museums-- Philosophy.

Museums-- Social aspects.

Architectural design.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Museum Administration & Museology.

Communication and culture.

Cultural property-- Protection.

Museum exhibits.

Museums-- Philosophy.

Museums-- Social aspects.

REFERENCE-- General.

TRAVEL-- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.

BUS-- 100000

REF-- 000000

TRV-- 016000

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Book number

Gurian, Elaine Heumann,1937-

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20201206124648.0

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