Visits to museums have long been recognised as an important aspect of the education of young people. Graeme K. Talboys offers a comprehensive introdu..
Photojournalism and the Origins of the French Writer House Museum is the first book to emphasize the house museum as a modern construct, and to trace ..
Museum Bodies discusses the politics and practice of visitor studies, and the differentiation and exclusion of certain bodies on the basis of, for exa..
This book offers an interdisciplinary investigation of three Middle Eastern historic cities, Aleppo, Acre and Salt, all of which face significant chal..
The social responsibilities of museums is an emerging topic in the sector. Access, education and heritage studies form part of a wider social interven..
This book examines contemporary approaches to restitution from the perspective of museums. It focuses on the ways in which these institutions have bee..
The first volume in two centuries on Alexandre Lenoir's Museum of French Monuments in Paris, this study presents a comprehensive picture of a seminal ..
In Australia, the artist’s engagement with the museum is traditionally regarded as having an important role in the colonial project but, as times have..
This unique book is the first to explore collecting practices in archives and museums in the modern Arab Middle East, featuring case studies of collec..
A range of authors from around the world unpack the concept of Public Value and examine its implications for museums. They situate Public Value within..
This is the first book to examine, in depth, the multi-million pound redisplay and reinterpretation process in British museums in the early twenty-fir..
The performance of heritage takes place in prestigious institutions such as museums and archives, in officially sanctioned spaces such as jubilees and..