Magnetic Mounting Systems for Museums & Cultural Institutions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Magnetic Mounting Systems for Museums & Cultural Institutions write by Gwen Spicer. This book was released on 2019. Magnetic Mounting Systems for Museums & Cultural Institutions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Participatory Museum
The Participatory Museum - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Participatory Museum write by Nina Simon. This book was released on 2010. The Participatory Museum available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Visitor participation is a hot topic in the contemporary world of museums, art galleries, science centers, libraries and cultural organizations. How can your institution do it and do it well? The Participatory Museum is a practical guide to working with community members and visitors to make cultural institutions more dynamic, relevant, essential places. Museum consultant and exhibit designer Nina Simon weaves together innovative design techniques and case studies to make a powerful case for participatory practice. "Nina Simon's new book is essential for museum directors interested in experimenting with audience participation on the one hand and cautious about upending the tradition museum model on the other. In concentrating on the practical, this book makes implementation possible in most museums. More importantly, in describing the philosophy and rationale behind participatory activity, it makes clear that action does not always require new technology or machinery. Museums need to change, are changing, and will change further in the future. This book is a helpful and thoughtful road map for speeding such transformation." -Elaine Heumann Gurian, international museum consultant and author of Civilizing the Museum "This book is an extraordinary resource. Nina has assembled the collective wisdom of the field, and has given it her own brilliant spin. She shows us all how to walk the talk. Her book will make you want to go right out and start experimenting with participatory projects." -Kathleen McLean, participatory museum designer and author of Planning for People in Museum Exhibitions "I predict that in the future this book will be a classic work of museology." --Elizabeth Merritt, founding director of the Center for the Future of Museums
Museums, Imagination and Education
Museums, Imagination and Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Museums, Imagination and Education write by Unesco. This book was released on 1973. Museums, Imagination and Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Uses of Heritage
Uses of Heritage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Uses of Heritage write by Laurajane Smith. This book was released on 2006-11-22. Uses of Heritage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examining international case studies including USA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, this book identifies and explores the use of heritage throughout the world. Challenging the idea that heritage value is self-evident, and that things must be preserved, it demonstrates how it gives tangibility to the values that underpin different communities.
The Care and Handling of Art Objects
The Care and Handling of Art Objects - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Care and Handling of Art Objects write by Marjorie Shelley. This book was released on 2019-06-25. The Care and Handling of Art Objects available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Metropolitan Museum of Art houses one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections of works of art from antiquities to modern and contemporary material. Their preservation is a responsibility shared by the many individuals employed at the Museum who oversee and have direct contact with the collection on a daily basis. The Care and Handing of Art Objects—first published in the 1940s and continually updated—offers a guide to the best practices in handling and preserving works of art while on display, in storage and in transit. It explains many of the fundamental principles of conservation that underlie these methods. One of its goals is to make the complexities of caring for a collection readily accessible. The first part offers basic guidelines for the preservation of the diverse types of materials and art objects found in the Met. Each chapter addresses the physical characteristics specific to the particular category, and the environmental, handling and housing factors to which one should be alert to prevent damage and ensure their preservation. Written by experts in the respective specialty, it addresses the Museum’s vast holdings summarizing the most critical preservation issues, many of which are amplified by photographs. As the table of contents makes evident these range from paintings on canvas and works on paper and photographs to furniture and objects made of stone, wood and metals to arms and armor, upholstery, ethnographic materials and many others. Part II succinctly describes factors that affect the collection as a whole: among them, current environmental standards for temperature, relative humidity, light exposure, storage and art in transit. Based on Museum protocols it addresses emergency preparedness and response, and integrated pest management. For easy reference, it includes charts on storage and display conditions, on factors contributing to deterioration, and a glossary of conservation terms, principles, and housing materials referenced in the individual chapters. Drawing upon the knowledge of conservators, scientists, and curators from many different departments, as well as technicians and engineers whose expertise crosses boundaries of culture, chronology, medium and condition, The Care and Handing of Art Objects is primarily directed to staff at the Met. It is, no less, an invaluable resource for students, collectors, small museums, museum study programs, art dealers, and members of the public who want to enhance their understanding of how works of art are safeguarded and the role environment, handling and materials play in making this possible.
