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This thought-provoking collection of essays by leading international museum practitioners focuses on the across-the-board innovations taking place in some of the world’s most forward-thinking museums – and charts the new directions museums will need to take in today’s increasingly challenging and competitive environment. Among twenty world-class organisations sharing their innovative experiences are: the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Museum of London, Royal Collection Enterprises and the Wellcome Collection.
Among the highly experienced contributors to this volume are:
Serving Children When Parents Come Along
Ellen M Rosenthal, President and CEO, Conner Prairie, Fishers, Indiana
Family Business
Tom Downey, President, Children’s Museum of Denver
A Special Service
Frazer Swift, Head of Learning, Museum of London
Rules for the (R)evolution of Museums
Elizabeth Wood, Museum Studies Program Faculty, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indiana
Capacity Building and Cultural Ownership
Eithne Nightingale, Head of Diversity Strategy, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
What Is The Power Of The Object?
Esben Kjaeldbæk, Head of the Museum of the Danish Resistance 1940-1945, National Museums of Denmark, Copenhagen
Interpreting The Second World War
James Taylor, Head of Research & Information, Imperial War Museum, London
How Museums Speak
Esben Kjaeldbæk, Head of the Museum of the Danish Resistance 1940-1945, National Museums of Denmark, Copenhagen
Ethnographic Research: A Fresh Eye On Marketing
Margot Wallace, Associate Professor, Marketing Communication, Columbia College Chicago
Creating The Utopian Experience
Gregory Krum, Director of Retail, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York City
Increasing Visitor Spend
Nuala McGourty, Retail Director, Royal Collection Enterprises, London
Confessions of a Long-Tail Visionary
Jeff Gates, Lead Producer, New Media Initiatives, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Clearing the Path for Sisyphus
Jeff Gates, Lead Producer, New Media Initiatives, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Engaging The Public
Wayne Labar, Vice President of Exhibitions and Featured Experiences, Liberty Science Center, New Jersey
Medicine On Show
Ken Arnold, Head, Public Programmes & Lisa Jamieson, Events Manager, Wellcome Collection, London
Crossing The Threshold: Design To Engage
Gillian Thomas, President & Chief Executive, Miami Science Museum
Science & Technology Exhibits: The Use of Interactives
Franz Klingender, Curator, Renewable Resources, Canada Science & Technology Museum Corporation
Collective Conversations
Malcolm Chapman, Head of Collections Development & Gurdeep Thiara, Curator of Community Engagement, The Manchester Museum, UK
Old Forms, New Purposes
Victoria Dickenson, Chief Knowledge Officer, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Canada
Inclusive Without Knowing It
Stephanie Wintzerith, Evaluation & Visitor Studies Consultant, Karlsruhe, Germany
Title: New Thinking: Rules for the (R)evolution of Museums
Pages: 416
Illustrations: 35
Size: 216 x 140mm
Date: 2010
Editions: £44.95 [paperback] | £34.95 [eBook]
ISBN: 978-0-9561943-9-8 [paperback]
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