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Museum Collecting Lessons: Acquisition Stories from the Inside book cover

1st Edition

Museum Collecting Lessons Acquisition Stories from the Inside

Edited By Steven Miller Copyright 2022
168 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Museum Collecting Lessons explains how and why museums meet their fundamental duty to collect. It is the first book of its kind to explore the diverse ways these unique institutions acquire what is preserved and used for exhibitions, programs, publications, and online applications. The 11 chapters that make up the volume are written by museum practitioners working in art, history, and... Read more

Introduction

Steven Miller

  1. Making Sense of Your Community Museum Collection: Strategies for Stuff Management

    2. John Summers

  2. Collecting our Culture: Eeyou Cree Collecting at Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute

    3. Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute

  3. Strategies for Acquiring Contemporary Art: Creativity and Collaboration

    4. Jennifer Jankauskas

  4. Collecting Period Rooms: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Francis W. Little House

    5. Morrison H. Heckscher

  5. A New Museum Builds a Collection: How One Gift Leads to Others: The James A. Michener Museum of Art’s Acquisition Success

    6. Bruce Katsiff

  6. A Museum Defining Acquisition: The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata. Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ

    7. Steven Miller

  7. Unpacking the Baggage: The Smooth Acquisition and Transfer of the Lee L. Forman Collection of Bags

    8. Jodi Kearns and Fran Ugalde 　

  8. How We Got Our F-16 Fighter Falcon

James Walther

9. Community Collecting Conversations: Acquisition Stories, District Museum, Jorhat, India

Abantika Parashar

10. Collecting Nonverbal History Documents

    Steven Miller

11. Barnum Brown’s Bones

    Douglas J. Preston

12. Conclusion

Steven Miller

Biography

Steven Miller began his museum career in 1971. He has served as a curator, administrator, director, trustee, writer, consultant, and museum studies educator. For 16 years he was an adjunct professor teaching core courses with the Seton Hall University MA Program in Museum Professions, South Orange, New Jersey, USA.

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