Archaeology

This concise book shows the importance of objects that are considered ordinary by cultural outsiders and scholars, yet lie at the heart of the systems of thought and practices of their makers and users...

Expert curator Elizabeth Schlatter outlines the types of jobs available within museums, the kinds of training needed, how to secure a job, and how to move up the ladder once you are working in the field...

Classic set of 45 articles from the first decade of the Journal of Museum Education and its predecessor, Roundtable Reports...

Museum Education in Times of Radical Social Change..

Museum Educators and Technology Expanding Our Reach and Practice..

This anthology collects 50 of the most important writings on museum philosophy dating from the formative period of the profession, written by many of the American and European founders of the field, with contextualizing introductions by the editors...

Museum Store: The Manager's Guide is full of practical advice, forms, and examples for any museum store manager who wants to increase visibility and sales and expand their customer base...

This groundbreaking book explores the revolution in New Zealand museums that is influencing the care and exhibition of indigenous objects around the world...

This volume combines some of the most influential published research in this emerging field with newly commissioned essays on the issues, problems and lessons involved in collaborating museums and source communities...

Examining the key components of the museum-community relationship, Authentic Connections looks at both the impact of museums on the cultural and civic lives of local communities, and the impact of local communities on the programs, collections and organisational culture of museums. Advocating an acc..

Mysterious Lands covers two kinds of encounters. First, encounters which actually occurred between Egypt and specific foreign lands, and second, those the Egyptians created by inventing imaginary lands...

This teaching novel by archaeologist Peter Bleed demonstrates the complexities of contemporary collecting of archaeological antiques and delves into the world of 14th century Japan...