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Print version, Part I. Before the Visit -- Part II. During the Visit -- Part III. After the Visit -- Part IV. A Professional's Guide to the Museum Experience, 1 (Introduction: The Contextual Model of Learning). Part I. (Before the Visit). 2 (The Personal Context: Identity-Related Motivations). 3 (The Sociocultural Context: Museums in Society). 4 (The Personal Context: Prior Experience, Interest, and Knowledge). Part II (During the Visit). 5 (The Physical Context: Exhibitions). 6 (The Physical Context: More than Exhibitions). 7 (The Sociocultural Context: In the Museum). 8 (The Interplay of Contexts: The Museum as Gestalt). Part III (After the Visit). 9 (The Museum Experience Remembered). 10 (Measuring the Learning Impact of Museums). Part IV (A Professional's Guide to the Museum Experience). 11 (Supporting the Museum Experience Before, During, and After the Visit). 12 (The Twenty-First-Century Museum)

Print version: Bhatti, Shaila, 1975- ; Translating museums, List of Illustrations; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Museums in Translation: The Birth of the Museum in Colonial India; 2. Colonial Mementos to Postcolonial Imaginings: The Transformation of the Lahore Museum; 3. Museum Archons: The Habitual Discourse of the Lahore Museum; 4. Visiting the Museum: Curiosity about the Ajaib Ghar; 5. Nokta Nazar of the Lahore Museum's 'Audience'; Epilogue; Glossary; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Print version: Hein, George E., 1932- ; Progressive museum practice, Educational theory -- John Dewey and museums -- Charles Willson Peale and the birth of the democratic museum -- Museum education in the progressive era -- John Dewey and Albert Barnes -- Progressive education in art museums -- Museum education in the 1960s -- Progressive museum practice in the twenty-first century

Print version: Braddock, Jeremy ; Collecting as modernist practice, Introduction: Collection mediation modernism -- After imagisme -- The domestication of modernism: the Phillips memorial gallery in the 1920s -- The Barnes foundation, institution of the new psychologies -- The new negro in the field of collections -- Modernism's archives: afterlives of the modernist collection

Print version, Introduction: The Impossible Museum -- 1 Exchanging Values in the Nineteenth-Century Museum Marketplace -- 2 Learning to See: Vision, Visuality, and Material Culture, 1862-1929 -- 3 Offering Orientalism: Women and the Gift Economy of the Museum, 1880-1940 -- 4 Libraries and Museums: Shifting Relationships, 1830-1940 -- 5 Gendered Professionals: Debating the Ideal Museum Worker during the 1930s and 1940s -- Conclusion

Print version: Wells, Marcella D., 1953- ; Interpretive planning for museums, List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Conceptual Foundations; 3. Interpretive Planning; 4. The Outcomes Hierarchy; 5. Integrating Visitor Perspectives in Master Interpretive Planning; 6. Integrating Visitor Perspectives in Project Interpretive Planning; 7. Concluding Thoughts; Appendix A. Example of Outcomes Hierarchy Used as an Executive Summary of Visitor Perspectives; Appendix B. Sample Tables of Contents of Interpretive Plans; Notes; Glossary; References; Index; About the Authors

Print version: Brunskill, Charlotte ; Records management for museums and galleries, Cover; Records Management for Museums and Galleries: An introduction; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Preface; Note; About the authors; 1 The history of record keeping in the UK museum and gallery sector; History; Record keeping in museums: roles; Record keeping in museums: record types; Notes; 2 Records management basics; Introduction; What is a record?; What is records management?; The 'difference' between archives and records management; Basic records management concepts; Notes; 3 Making a business case for records management; Introduction, Compile a business caseThe importance of communication; Notes; 4 Legislation and records management requirements; Introduction; Public Records Acts 1958 and 1967; Local government legislation; Data Protection Act 1998; Freedom of Information Act 2000; Environmental Information Regulations 2004; Other relevant legislation; Notes; 5 The records survey; Why conduct a survey?; Pre-survey: the importance of planning; The survey: issues and tips; Post-survey: analyse, summarise and report; 6 Strategy and action planning; Introduction; Why to plan; How to plan; How to make the plan into a strategy, Planning for required resourcesNotes; 7 Developing a file plan, retention schedule and records management programme; Introduction; The file plan; The records retention schedule; Implementing a records management programme; A final word; Notes; 8 Resources; UK legislation and regulations; Spoliation and repatriation; Professional bodies; Discussion lists; Useful guidance and training; Standards; Bibliography; Appendix 1: Risk assessment template and scoring framework; Risk rating; Appendix 2: Business case example; 1. Introduction; 2. Defining the boundaries of the records management programme, 3. Establishing the record-keeping situation at the museum4. Implementing the records management programme; Appendix 3: Sample data protection survey form; Appendix 4: Museum record series commonly containing personal data; Appendix 5: Sample data protection policies; The National Portrait Gallery Data Protection Policy; 1. Introduction; 2. Scope; 3. Definitions; 4. Legal basis; 5. Statement of principles; 6. Responsibilities; 7. Procedures; 8. Breach; 9. Review; 10. Date of approval; Museum of London Data Protection Policy; 1. Introduction; 2. Scope; 3. Purpose; 4. Definition of terms, 5. Responsibilities6. Policy; 7. Guidance on supporting procedures, related policies and the regulatory environment; 8. Queries; Appendix 6: Sample data protection statements; Introduction; Instructions; Standard statements; Appendix 7: Data subject access request form; Museum of London Data Subject Access Request Form; Appendix 8: Sample records management policy; National Portrait Gallery Archives and Records Management Policy; 1. Introduction; 2. Scope; 3. Definitions; 4. Legal basis; 5. Statement of principles; 6. Responsibilities; 7. Procedures; 8. Breach of policy; 9. Review

Print version: Black, Graham ; Engaging Museum : Developing Museums for Visitor Involvement, Cover -- The Engaging Museum -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: meeting the demands placed on the twenty-first century museum -- Section 1 Museum audiences: their nature, needs and expectations -- 1 'Traditional' museum audiences: a quantitative and qualitative analysis -- Introduction: the rise of museum visitor studies -- Audience segmentation -- Market surveys -- Quantitative visitor surveys -- Qualitative data on visitor expectations, motivations and needs -- Discussion: an audience in decline -- trends and challenges, Case study: lessons from tourism research -- 2 Developing new audiences -- Introduction -- Social exclusion and museums -- Audience development -- Audience development planning -- Discussion: how will an audience development strategy impact on a museum's public face? -- Case study: developing museum content for young children and families with babies/young children -- Section 2 Operating for quality -- 3 Stimulating the visit -- Introduction -- Awareness -- Entrenched negative attitudes -- The 'wrong' positive perceptions -- Positioning the museum -- Influencing the visitor agenda, Introduction: what is interpretation? -- Modern museums and interpretation -- Defining interpretive principles for museum display -- Discussion: the impact of interpretive principles on museum display -- Case study: exhibition standards/guidelines -- 8 Interpretive master planning -- Introduction -- Developing an interpretation strategy for a museum service -- Developing an interpretation masterplan for a multi-collection museum -- Discussion: the role of the project manager -- Case study: process mapping -- 9 Concept development for museum galleries -- Introduction -- What: the collections audit, Learning theory and museums -- Discussion: applying learning theory to museum display and support -- Case study: evaluating visitor learning in museums -- 6 Use of museums by schools -- Introduction: museums and structured educational use -- The agenda for structured educational use -- How can museums best support schools use? -- Discussion: enjoyment and memories come first -- Case study: education resource packs/websites -- Section 4 Planned to engage: using interpretation to develop museum displays and associated services -- 7 Applying the principles of interpretation to museum display, Positive marketing -- Marketing to diversify the audience base -- Discussion: seven core issues -- Case study: repositioning Manchester Art Gallery -- 4 Visitor services: operating for quality -- Introduction -- A central role for visitor services -- How do you define quality in a museum visit? -- Measuring visit quality -- Discussion: managing for quality -- Case study: adapting Servqual to measure visitor services quality -- Section 3 Learning in museums -- 5 Museums and lifelong learning -- Introduction: the rise of 'learning' up the museum agenda -- Museums and lifelong learning

Print version: Were, Graeme ; Extreme Collecting : Challenging Practices for 21st Century Museums, Extreme Collecting; Extreme Collecting Challenging Practices for 21st Century Museums; Contents; List of Figures; Extreme Collecting Dealing with Difficult Objects; Part I Difficult Objects; 1 The Material Culture of Persecution; 2 Lyricism and Offence in Egyptian Archaeology Collections; 3 Contested Human Remains; 4 Extreme or Commonplace; 5 Unfit for Society?; Part II Mass Produced; 6 Knowing the New; 7 The Global Scope of Extreme Collecting; 8 Awkward Objects; 9 Great Expectations and Modest Transactions; Part III Extreme Matters, 10 Extremes of Collecting at the Imperial War Museum 1917-200911 Plastics -- Why Not?; 12 Time Capsules as Extreme Collecting; 13 Canning Cans -- a Brand New Way of Looking at History; Notes on Contributors; Index

Print version: Whose culture?, Cover; Whose Culture?; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE The Value of Museums; To Shape the Citizens of "That Great City, the World"; "And What Do You Propose Should Be Done with Those Objects?"; Whose Culture Is It?; PART TWO The Value of Antiquities; Antiquities and the Importance--and Limitations--of Archaeological Contexts; Archaeologists, Collectors, and Museums; Censoring Knowledge: The Case for the Publication of Unprovenanced Cuneiform Tablets; PART THREE Museums, Antiquities, and Cultural Property, Exhibiting Indigenous Heritage in the Age of Cultural PropertyHeritage and National Treasures; The Nation and the Object; Select Bibliography; Contributors; Index