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1. CONNECTING KIDS TO HISTORY WITH MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS | |
Paperback: 328
Pages
(2010-02-10)
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Editorial Review Product Description Kids have profound and important relationships to the past, but they don't experience history in the same way as adults. For museum professionals and everyone involved in informal history education and exhibition design, this book is the essential new guide to creating meaningful and memorable connections to the past for children. This vital museum audience possesses many of the same dynamic qualities as trained historian—curiosity, inquiry, empathy for the human <br>experience—yet traditional history exhibitions tend to focus on passive looking in the galleries, giving priority to relaying information through words. D. Lynn McRainey and John Russick bring together top museum professionals to present state-of-the-art research and practice that respects and incorporates kids' developmental stages and learning preferences and the specific ways in which kids connect to history. They provide concrete tools for audience research and evaluation; exhibition development and design; and working with kids as "creative consultants." The only book to focus comprehensively on history exhibits for kids, Connecting Kids to History With Museum Exhibitions shows how to enhance the experiences of a vitally important but frequently the least understood museum audience. |
2. High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Jan Reeder | |
Hardcover: 256
Pages
(2010-06-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description This lavishly illustrated volume is the first comprehensive publication on the Brooklyn Museum’s internationally renowned historic costume collection. The nearly 25,000-object collection comprises fashionable women’s and men’s garments and accessories from the 18th through the 20th century. It features sumptuous 19th-century gowns from the House of Worth, exquisite works by the great 20th-century French couturiers, iconic Surrealist-based designs of Elsa Schiaparelli, sportswear classics from pioneer American women designers, and the incomparable draped and tailored creations of Charles James. In 2009, the Brooklyn Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art entered into a groundbreaking long-term partnership to steward Brooklyn’s collection. The objects were transferred to The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan, with Brooklyn maintaining curatorial access. Exhibitions of costumes from the collection will be held at both institutions in early May 2010. Customer Reviews (13)
Great book
High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Met. Museum of Art
Stunningly beautiful book!
Vintage couture at it's very best
Sumptuous |
3. Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum (Vintage) by Richard Fortey | |
Paperback: 352
Pages
(2009-09-08)
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An Insider's View of a Great Natural History Museum
An entertaining look behind the curtain
Excellent
"Did you have a nice week with the troglodytes, dear?"
Anything but dry |
4. Museum Origins: Readings in Early Museum History and Philosophy | |
Paperback: 352
Pages
(2008-05-31)
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Museum Inquiries |
5. Living History Museums: Undoing History through Performance by Scott Magelssen | |
Paperback: 252
Pages
(2007-02-01)
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6. Birds of North America (American Museum of Natural History) | |
Hardcover: 744
Pages
(2009-02-16)
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Amazing Book!Best Bird Book Sold
Excellent Bird Resource
Birds of North America - American Museum of Natural History
good photos
Packed full of information! |
7. Exploring the American Museum of Natural History: A Children's Guide with Pictures to Color by Patricia J. Wynne | |
Paperback: 32
Pages
(2004-07-16)
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Editorial Review Product Description Thirty exciting illustrations depict highlights from the permanent collection of the world-famous museum in New York City, with amazing scenes of an elephant herd, the skeleton of a gigantic T-rex, a lifelike Komodo dragon, an Easter Island sculpted head, a Haida canoe, a hut built of mammoth bones, and more. Informative captions. |
8. Ocean (American Museum of Natural History) by Robert Dinwiddie, Philip Eales, Sue Scott, Michael Scott, Kim Bryan, David Burnie, Frances Dipper, Richard Beatty | |
Paperback: 512
Pages
(2008-07-21)
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Encyclopedia of the Sea
Much more than a Coffee Table book.
Great coffee table book or gift idea - or both.
Best nonfiction book ever!
Ocean |
9. The New History in an Old Museum: Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg by Richard Handler, Eric Gable | |
Paperback: 272
Pages
(1997-01-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description The New History in an Old Museum is an exploration of "historical truth" as presented at Colonial Williamsburg. More than a detailed history of a museum and tourist attraction, it examines the packaging of American history, and consumerism and the manufacturing of cultural beliefs. Through extensive fieldwork—including numerous site visits, interviews with employees and visitors, and archival research—Richard Handler and Eric Gableillustrate how corporate sensibility blends with pedagogical principle in Colonial Williamsburg to blur the lines between education and entertainment, patriotism and revisionism. During much of its existence, the "living museum" at Williamsburg has been considered a patriotic shrine, celebrating the upscale lifestyles of Virginia’s colonial-era elite. But in recent decades a new generation of social historians has injected a more populist and critical slant to the site’s narrative of nationhood. For example, in interactions with museum visitors, employees now relate stories about the experiences of African Americans and women, stories that several years ago did not enter into descriptions of life in Colonial Williamsburg. Handler and Gable focus on the way this public history is managed, as historians and administrators define historiographical policy and middle-level managers train and direct front-line staff to deliver this "product" to the public. They explore how visitors consume or modify what they hear and see, and reveal how interpreters and craftspeople resist or acquiesce in being managed. By deploying the voices of these various actors in a richly textured narrative, The New History in an Old Museum highlights the elements of cultural consensus that emerge from this cacophony of conflict and negotiation. Customer Reviews (5)
An impressive anthropology of Colonial Williamsburg
Muddled handling of an interesting idea
The truth
Fascinating and Informative...
A stunning discussion of the uses of history in America now |
10. Defining Memory: Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities (American Association for State and Local History Book Series) by David Kyvig | |
Paperback: 298
Pages
(2007-03-06)
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11. Museum Culture: Histories, Discourses, Spectacles by Itit Rogoff, Daniel J. Sherman | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(1994-06-23)
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12. Making Histories in Museums by Gaynor Kavanagh | |
Paperback: 304
Pages
(2006-02-01)
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13. The Natural History Museum Book of Dinosaurs by Tim Gardom, Angela Milner | |
Hardcover: 144
Pages
(2006-06-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description For 160 million years, dinosaurs were the most successful and diverse creatures to dominate the Earth. This book is based on the world-famous fossil collections and permanent "Dinosaurs" exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum. Written by two experts from one of the world’s leading Paleontology departments, this book features hundreds of color photos and illustrations that reveal the astonishing variety of life that proliferated in the Mesozoic Era—the Age of Dinosaurs. Tim Gardom has researched several major exhibitions, including The Natural History Museum’s acclaimed "Dinosaurs." Angela Milner is Head of Fossil Vertebrates at The Natural History Museum. Customer Reviews (1)
Awesome Scientific Information |
14. Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History by Douglas J. Preston | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(1993-11-15)
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A refreshing insight into the Museum's hidden side
Behind the scenes
Dinosaurs and More!!!
Dinosaurs and so much more...
take a trip through the Museum |
15. Craft in the Machine Age 1920-1945: The History of Twentieth-Century American Craft by Rosemarie Haag Bletter, N. Y.) American Craft Museum (New York | |
Hardcover: 304
Pages
(1995-10)
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The Marraige of Industry and Design |
16. The Management of Small History Museums by Carl E. Guthe | |
Paperback:
Pages
(1969)
Asin: B000Q58UYW Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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The Management of Small History Museums While many small museums belong to the American Associaiton of Museums it is supposed that the vast majority of small museums cannot afford to become members of the AAM.These museums are usually run by a small group of dedicated and concerned citizens of the community whose only interest is being judged favorably by the other residence of the community. When looking for appropriate quarters for the museum consideration should be addressed for growth.One of the most grevious mistakes a small museum makes is its zealousness to provide public access to its exhibits.No museum can, or should, have its entire colleciton on display at any given time.Usually less than half of a museums collection is of interest to the vewing public. One particular area of interest I discoverd in this book was about students and scholars wanting to study the collections of a small museum.All means should be made available to the scholar.For this cooperation the scholar will custimarily give the museum credit in their published reports.Not only will recognition be given to the museum for its full cooperation but also other scholars and institutions will become aware of the collection materials available for study. Guthe discusses the organization of the museum.It a full-time director cannot be hired the small museum should try to compensate a part-time person.Voluntarily run museums are at the whim of individuals that have their own agenda of priorities.While volunteers have th museum's best interest at heart, it is an ineffective way to operate. At the end of the book, addresses are given for the small history museum to contact for advice and counsel with many museum matters.Also given is a list of other publications the small museum might find useful.This book can only be recommended for inclusion into someone's library if they need a small, easy to carry, book for reference or know of someone who wishes to start a small history museum. ... Read more |
17. Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece o Cyprus o Etruria o Rome (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications) by Carlos A. Picon, Sean Hemingway, Christopher Lightfoot, Joan R. Mertens, Elizabeth J. Milleker | |
Hardcover: 520
Pages
(2007-05-07)
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Editorial Review Product Description Nearly 500 outstanding objects from the collection of the Department of Greek and Roman Art in the Metropolitan Museum are assembled in this generously illustrated publication, published to coincide with the opening of the Museum’s new galleries of Hellenistic, Etruscan, and Roman art, and comprehensive Study Center. The volume includes a detailed history of the collection by Carlos A. Picón and seven chapters that reflect the scope of the collection: the Neolithic and the Aegean Bronze Age, Geometric and Archaic Greece, Classical Greece, the Hellenistic Age, Cyprus, Etruria, and the Roman Empire. Notable are such treasures as a Cycladic figure of about 45004000 B.C., a fascinating and meticulously restored bronze and ivory Etruscan chariot from the sixth century B.C., and a number of well-preserved Roman wall paintings. An entry section includes an informative text about each object, along with a map for each chapter and a selection of drawings and details. Customer Reviews (1)
Expect quality |
18. The Great Museum: The Re-Presentation of History by Donald Horne | |
Paperback: 265
Pages
(1984-11)
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19. Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums (American Association for State and Local History Books) by Mary Alexander | |
Hardcover: 366
Pages
(2007-11-29)
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20. Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions O F Museums by Edward Porter Alexander | |
Paperback: 308
Pages
(1978-06)
list price: US$20.95 Isbn: 091005035X Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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