The Museum in America

Edward P Alexander

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Captures the life stories of thirteen visionary museum leaders who helped transform the 19th century's collection of curios into institutions of publi... Lees meer

Making History

Tim Betz

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• This book shows the importance of the Maker Movement for museums and historic sites, and presents a roadmap to building, planning, researching, and us... Lees meer

Museum and Historic Site Management

Samantha Chmelik

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Museum and Historic Site Management: A Case Study Approach utilizes the classic business case study approach to help museum and public history profess... Lees meer

Editing Historical Documents

Michael E Stevens, Steven B Burg

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• This volume is aimed both at more experienced editors, who may wish to skip over the advice offered in the introduction, as well as at those who are n... Lees meer

Monument Culture

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Monument Culture: International Perspectives on the Future of Monuments in a Changing World brings together a collection of essays from scholars and c... Lees meer

Learning from Museums, Second Edition

John H Falk, Lynn D Dierking

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• This is the second edition of John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking's ground-breaking book, Learning from Museums. While the book still focuses on why, ho... Lees meer

Moving a House with Preservation in Mind

Peter Paravalos

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Offers step-by-step instructions on the process of moving a historic building, from the initial decision-making to the actual move. This guide include... Lees meer

Endowment Essentials for Museums

Rebekah Beaulieu

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• With easily accessible language and case studies of real museums to illuminate major points, Endowment Essentials for Museums provides guidance on the... Lees meer

Places of Worship

James P Wind

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Whether Christian churches, Jewish synagogues, Islamic mosques, Buddhist temples, or the gathering places for other faiths, buildings designed for wor... Lees meer

American Artifacts of Personal Adornment, 1680-1820

Carolyn L White

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Bracelets, buckles, buttons, and beads. Clasps, combs, and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in ... Lees meer

Recruiting and Managing Volunteers in Museums

Kristy Van Hoven, Loni Wellman

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• We are in the middle of a museum paradigm shift and a new type of museum volunteer is emerging from the community. Non-profit volunteers are looking f... Lees meer

Oral History

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Oral History: An Interdisciplinary Anthology is a collection of classic articles by some of the best known proponents of oral history, demonstrating t... Lees meer

Exploring Museum Theatre

Tessa Bridal

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Museum theatre can be one of the most effective and rewarding programs your institution ever undertakes, and it can be one of the most challenging! So... Lees meer

101 Museum Programs Under $100

Lauren E Hunley

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• This book presents successful programs across the country that have been successfully presented in real museums across the country for under $100. Nea... Lees meer

New Solutions for House Museums

Donna Ann Harris

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• This substantially enlarged and expanded second edition of New Solutions for House Museums: Ensuring the Long-Term Preservation of America's Historic ... Lees meer

Museums and Millennials

Jaclyn Spainhour

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Is your museum struggling to entice and engage a millennial audience? In Museums and Millennials author Jackie Spainhour offers a new and innovative a... Lees meer

Museum Administration

Hugh H. Genoways, Lynne M. Ireland

• Paperback | American Association for State and Local History
• Museum Administration is the handbook for students, new professionals, and anyone who needs to know what goes into running a museum. The authors cover... Lees meer

The Care of Prints and Drawings, Second Edition

Margaret Holben Ellis

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• The 2nd edition of The Care of Prints and Drawings provides practical, straightforward advice to those responsible for the preservation of works on pa... Lees meer

Folklife and Museums

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Much has changed in the fields of museology and folklife during the past 30 years, when Folklife and Museums: Selected Readings was first published by... Lees meer

Interpretation of Historic Sites, First Edition

William Alderson, Shirley Payne Low

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Interpretation of Historic Sites offers essential knowledge on how to develop and conduct interpretive programs for every historic site, regardless of... Lees meer

Positioning Your Museum as a Critical Community Asset

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• In this how-to guide, practitioners at cultural heritage venues share their experiences in building sustainable relationships with their geographic an... Lees meer

Museum Operations

Samantha Chmelik

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Today's accelerated pace of decision-making combined with the emphases on accountability and transparency has created the need for analytical tools an... Lees meer

Leading Museums Today

Martha Morris

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• In this book, readers learn about leadership theory in both for profit and nonprofit worlds and how to effectively master the role of both leader and ... Lees meer

Private History in Public

Tammy S Gordon

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• In small community museums, truck stops, restaurants, bars, barbershops, schools, and churches, people create displays to tell the histories that matt... Lees meer