Museum and Heritage Studies

Museum Objects

Experiencing the Properties of Things

Edited by Sandra H. Dudley

Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies

Museum Objects provides a set of readings that together create a distinctive emphasis and perspective on the objects which lie at the heart of interpretive practice in museums, material culture studies and everyday life. This reader brings together classic and up to date texts on the nature and...

Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge

Preventive Conservation in Museums

Edited by Chris Caple

Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies

Preventive Conservation in Museums makes available and comprehensible the diverse literature and ideas of preventive conservation to an audience with a limited scientific background, principally those studying museum studies or engaged in the museum profession. It bridges the gap between the basic...

Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge

Museums in a Digital Age

Edited by Ross Parry

Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies

The influence of digital media on the cultural heritage sector has been pervasive and profound. Today museums are reliant on new technology to manage their collections. They collect digital as well as material things. New media is embedded within their exhibition spaces. And their activity online...

Published December 3rd 2009 by Routledge

Museums in the Material World

Edited by Simon Knell

Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies

Museums in the Material World seeks to both introduce classic and thought-provoking pieces and contrast them with articles which reveal grounded practice. The articles are selected from across the full breadth of museum disciplines and are linked by a logical narrative, as detailed in the section...

Published July 25th 2007 by Routledge

Museums and their Communities

Edited by Sheila Watson

Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies

Using case studies drawn from all areas of museum studies, Museums and their Communities explores the museums as a site of representation, identity and memory, and considers how it can influence its community. Focusing on the museum as an institution, and its social and cultural setting, Sheila...

Published July 25th 2007 by Routledge

Museum Management and Marketing

Edited by Richard Sandell, Robert R. Janes

Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies

Drawing together a selection of high quality, intellectually robust and stimulating articles on both theoretical and practice-based developments in the field, this Reader investigates the closely linked areas of management and marketing in the museum. The articles, from established and...

Published February 27th 2007 by Routledge