Focusing on practical guidance, this toolkit provides museums with essential hints, logistical strategies, and templates to facilitate effective dialogues with their communities. It aims to enhance collaboration and understanding between museums and the public, ensuring that community voices are heard and integrated into museum practices.
Collection Conundrums provides guidelines for investigating and determining what to do with the oddities found in every museum collection -- objects without record, identification or sometimes even a location. Written by registrars Rebecca Buck and Jean A. Gilmore, editors of the best-selling Museum Registration Methods 5th Edition, this volume contains essential information for museums large and small, new and old. The text features a history of registration methods and the standards for collection documentation and care, along with sample documents such as loan agreements, co-tenancy agreements, storage agreements, and deed of gift. Essential reading for everyone involved in collections planning and management.
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Focusing on exhibition planning and management, this book serves as a foundational guide derived from the National Association for Museum Exhibition's bibliography. It distills essential principles and practices, offering insights and recommendations that are valuable for museum professionals. The content emphasizes practical strategies and considerations necessary for successful exhibition development, making it a useful resource for both newcomers and experienced practitioners in the field.