Museum Practice

CONAL McCARTHY is Professor and Director of the Museum and Heritage Studies program at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Conal has worked in galleries and museums in a variety of professional roles, sits on the boards and advisory groups of a number of institutions, and has published widely on museum practice.

• List of Illustrations ixEditor xiiiGeneral Editors xivContributors xvAcknowledgments xviiEditors’Preface to Museum Practice and the International Handbooks of Museum Studies xixIntroduction: Grounding Museum Studies: Introducing Practice xxviiConal McCarthyPart I Priorities 11. The Essence of the Museum: Mission, Values, Vision 3David Fleming2. Governance: Guiding the Museum in Trust 27Barry Lord, with Case Study by Rina Gerson3. Policies, Frameworks, and Legislation: The Conditions Under Which English Museums Operate 43Sara Selwood and Stuart Davies4. Reconceptualizing Museum Ethics for the Twenty‐First Century: A View from the Field 69Janet Marstine, Jocelyn Dodd, and Ceri Jones5. Museum Measurement: Questions of Value 97Carol A. Scott6. Developing Audiences for the Twenty‐First‐Century Museum 123Graham BlackPart II Resources 1537. Balancing Mission and Money: Critical Issues in Museum Economics 155Ted Silberberg and Gail Lord8. Tate and BP – Oil and Gas as the New Tobacco?: Arts Sponsorship, Branding, and Marketing 179Derrick Chong9. From Idiosyncratic to Integrated: Strategic Planning for Collections 203James B. Gardner10. Collection Care and Management: History, Theory, and Practice 221John E. Simmons11. The Future of Collecting in “Disciplinary” Museums: Interpretive, Thematic, Relational 249Nick Merriman12. Managing Collections or Managing Content?: The Evolution of Museum Collections Management Systems 267Malcolm Chapman13. Conservation Theory and Practice: Materials, Values, and People in Heritage Conservation 293Dean SullyPart III Processes 31514. From Caring to Creating: Curators Change Their Spots 317Ken Arnold15. The Pendulum Swing: Curatorial Theory Past and Present 341Halona Norton‐Westbrook16. Planning for Success: Project Management for Museum Exhibitions 357David K. Dean17. Museum Exhibition Tradecraft: Not an Art, but an Art to It 379Dan Spock18. Museum Exhibition Practice: Recent Developments in Europe, Canada, and Australia 403Linda Young, with Anne Whitelaw and Rosmarie Beier‐de Haan19. A Critique of Museum Restitution and Repatriation Practices 431Piotr Bienkowski20. Rewards and Frustrations: Repatriation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ancestral Remains by the National Museum of Australia 455Michael PickeringPart IV Publics 47921. The “Active Museum”: How Concern with Community Transformed the Museum 481Elizabeth Crooke22. Visitor Studies: Toward a Culture of Reflective Practice and Critical Museology for the Visitor‐Centered Museum 503Lee Davidson23. Translating Museum Meanings: A Case for Interpretation 529Kerry Jimson24. Learning, Education, and Public Programs in Museums and Galleries 551John Reeve and Vicky Woollard25. Reviewing the Digital Heritage Landscape: The Intersection of Digital Media and Museum Practice 577Shannon Wellington and Gillian OliverAfterword: The Continuing Struggle for Diversity and Equality 599Eithne NightingaleMuseum Practice and Mediation: An Afterword 613Anthony Alan SheltonIndex 635