Museology & heritage studies
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Museology & heritage studies
Paperback. Tells the story of Johannesburg's MuseumAfrica, a South African history museum that embodies one of the most dynamic and fraught stories of colonialism and postcolonialism, its life spanning the eras before, during, and after apartheid. This title focuses on racism and its institutionalization in South Africa. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; GM; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226030302
- ISBN
- 9780226030302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.51
€ 42.99
€ 33.51
Hardback. Planning Successful Museum Building Projects provides comprehensive, practical guidance on planning, financing, implementing, managing, and evaluating all kinds of museum construction projects. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759111868
- ISBN
- 9780759111868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.97
€ 145.97
Paperback. In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Drawing on archives of visitors' books, letters, and pleas for patronage, this title reconstructs the lost social world of Renaissance and Baroque museums. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 449 pages, 30 b&w reproductions, 1 map, 6 museum floor plans, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; P; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 449
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205086
- ISBN
- 9780520205086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.29
€ 37.99
€ 27.29
Hardback. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602. Museums, Archaeology and the Visualization of History in the Late Ottoman Empire. Series: Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book S. 280 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233355
- ISBN
- 9780520233355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63€ 62.16
€ 81.63
€ 62.16
Hardback. Home to the original Fulton Fish Market and then the South Street Seaport Museum, it is one of the last neighborhoods of late 18th- and early 19th-century New York City not to be destroyed by urban development. This book tells the story, from the 1960s to the present, of the South Street Seaport District of Lower Manhattan. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GM; HBJK; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479822577
- ISBN
- 9781479822577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.68
€ 46.99
€ 46.68
Paperback. What are the "right ways" to preserve heritage? Are the aims and purposes of museums necessarily at odds with those of First Nations? This thoughtful book explores the concept of museum conservation in light of cultural repatriation issues, and helps readers understand the complex relationship between museums and Aboriginal peoples. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 b&w illustrations, charts, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 1MBN; GM; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780774808613
- ISBN
- 9780774808613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.17
€ 44.99
€ 39.17
Paperback. 'Preventive Conservation in Museums' explains the diverse literature and ideas of preventive conservation to an audience with a limited scientific background, principally those studying museum studies or engaged in the museum profession. Editor(s): Caple, Chris. Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies. Num Pages: 624 pages, 35 black & white tables, 39 black & white halftones, 88 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 176 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415579704
- ISBN
- 9780415579704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034607759
- ISBN
- 9783034607759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.73
€ 33.99
€ 32.73
Hardcover. The incisive memoir of the first woman to become general director of Cairo's Egyptian Museum Translator(s): Stockman, Russell. Num Pages: 280 pages, 61 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; GM; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774168253
- ISBN
- 9789774168253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.94
€ 26.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Falk, John H.; Dierking, Lynn. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- American Association of Museums United States
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780931201240
- ISBN
- 9780931201240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.91
€ 75.91
Paperback. Proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1-7 September, Burgos, Spain). Volume 8 / Session A13: Quality Management of Cultural Heritage: problems and best practices Editor(s): Delfino, Davide; Quagliuolo, Maurizio. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white. BIC Classification: GM; HD; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 207 x 290 x 8. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Archaeopress
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784912956
- ISBN
- 9781784912956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.74
€ 56.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Arnaut, Karel. Series: Contributions in Critical Museology & Material Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 124ill. BIC Classification: 1H; GM; GTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Horniman Museum & Gardens United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780951814185
- ISBN
- 9780951814185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.74
€ 25.99
€ 22.74
Hardcover. Explores the role of cultural heritage in post-conflict reconstruction, whether as a motor for the prolongation of violence or as a resource for building reconciliation. This book focuses on the material practices and rhetorical strategies developed around cultural heritage in post-civil war Spain and the victorious Franco regime's reconstruction. Num Pages: 272 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; GM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194352
- ISBN
- 9781845194352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Paperback. Reinventing the Museum gathers 35 seminal articles reflecting over 100 years of dialogue within the museum community about what it means to be a high-quality, relevant institution. Important reading for museum professionals, students, and anyone interested in museums and their development. Editor(s): Anderson, Gail. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GM; HBG; HBJK; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759101708
- ISBN
- 9780759101708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.03
€ 92.03
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415208703
- ISBN
- 9780415208703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874749533
- ISBN
- 9780874749533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.48
€ 28.48
Paperback. Investigates the ways in which digital media may enhance the experience of the art-archive. This book discusses the challenges of the archive and the (art)museum in the age of digital media. It is based upon documentation from a research project, MAP - Media Art Platform, that drew upon the talents and collaboration of many institutions. Editor(s): Sondergaard, Morten; Jacobsen, Mogens. Num Pages: 240 pages, 75 colour photos. BIC Classification: GLC; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788773079522
- ISBN
- 9788773079522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.40
€ 47.99
€ 34.40
Hardcover. Num Pages: 124 pages, tables. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606929810
- ISBN
- 9781606929810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.98€ 43.07
€ 60.98
€ 43.07
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472590800
- ISBN
- 9781472590800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.21
€ 34.99
€ 32.21
Hardcover. A piece of Plymouth Rock. A lock of George Washington's hair. Wood from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. Kept in museum collections across the US, such objects are the touchstones of our popular engagement with history. This book explores the history of private collections of items like these, illuminating how Americans view the past. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GM; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226059600
- ISBN
- 9780226059600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.75
€ 47.99
€ 36.75