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<p>List of Illustrations ix</p> <p>Editor xiii</p> <p>General Editors xiv</p> <p>Contributors xv</p> <p>Acknowledgments xvii</p> <p>Editors’Preface to <i>Museum Practice </i>and <i>the International Handbooks of Museum Studies </i>xix</p> <p>Introduction: Grounding Museum Studies: Introducing Practice xxvii<br /><i>Conal McCarthy</i></p> <p><b>Part I Priorities 1</b></p> <p>1. The Essence of the Museum: Mission, Values, Vision 3<br /><i>David Fleming</i></p> <p>2. Governance: Guiding the Museum in Trust 27<br /><i>Barry Lord, with Case Study by Rina Gerson</i></p> <p>3. Policies, Frameworks, and Legislation: The Conditions Under Which English Museums Operate 43<br /><i>Sara Selwood and Stuart Davies</i></p> <p>4. Reconceptualizing Museum Ethics for the Twenty‐First Century: A View from the Field 69<br /><i>Janet Marstine, Jocelyn Dodd, and Ceri Jones</i></p> <p>5. Museum Measurement: Questions of Value 97<br /><i>Carol A. Scott</i></p> <p>6. Developing Audiences for the Twenty‐First‐Century Museum 123<br /><i>Graham Black</i></p> <p><b>Part II Resources 153</b></p> <p>7. Balancing Mission and Money: Critical Issues in Museum Economics 155<br /><i>Ted Silberberg and Gail Lord</i></p> <p>8. Tate and BP – Oil and Gas as the New Tobacco?: Arts Sponsorship, Branding, and Marketing 179<br /><i>Derrick Chong</i></p> <p>9. From Idiosyncratic to Integrated: Strategic Planning for Collections 203<br /><i>James B. Gardner</i></p> <p>10. Collection Care and Management: History, Theory, and Practice 221<br /><i>John E. Simmons</i></p> <p>11. The Future of Collecting in “Disciplinary” Museums: Interpretive, Thematic, Relational 249<br /><i>Nick Merriman</i></p> <p>12. Managing Collections or Managing Content?: The Evolution of Museum Collections Management Systems 267<br /><i>Malcolm Chapman</i></p> <p>13. Conservation Theory and Practice: Materials, Values, and People in Heritage Conservation 293<br /><i>Dean Sully</i></p> <p><b>Part III Processes 315</b></p> <p>14. From Caring to Creating: Curators Change Their Spots 317<br /><i>Ken Arnold</i></p> <p>15. The Pendulum Swing: Curatorial Theory Past and Present 341<br /><i>Halona Norton‐Westbrook</i></p> <p>16. Planning for Success: Project Management for Museum Exhibitions 357<br /><i>David K. Dean</i></p> <p>17. Museum Exhibition Tradecraft: Not an Art, but an Art to It 379<br /><i>Dan Spock</i></p> <p>18. Museum Exhibition Practice: Recent Developments in Europe, Canada, and Australia 403<br /><i>Linda Young, with Anne Whitelaw and Rosmarie Beier‐de Haan</i></p> <p>19. A Critique of Museum Restitution and Repatriation Practices 431<br /><i>Piotr Bienkowski</i></p> <p>20. Rewards and Frustrations: Repatriation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ancestral Remains by the National Museum of Australia 455<br /><i>Michael Pickering</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Publics 479</b></p> <p>21. The “Active Museum”: How Concern with Community Transformed the Museum 481<br /><i>Elizabeth Crooke</i></p> <p>22. Visitor Studies: Toward a Culture of Reflective Practice and Critical Museology for the Visitor‐Centered Museum 503<br /><i>Lee Davidson</i></p> <p>23. Translating Museum Meanings: A Case for Interpretation 529<br /><i>Kerry Jimson</i></p> <p>24. Learning, Education, and Public Programs in Museums and Galleries 551<br /><i>John Reeve and Vicky Woollard</i></p> <p>25. Reviewing the Digital Heritage Landscape: The Intersection of Digital Media and Museum Practice 577<br /><i>Shannon Wellington and Gillian Oliver</i></p> <p>Afterword: The Continuing Struggle for Diversity and Equality 599<br /><i>Eithne Nightingale</i></p> <p>Museum Practice and Mediation: An Afterword 613<br /><i>Anthony Alan Shelton</i></p> <p>Index 635</p>

<p><b>CONAL McCARTHY</b> 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.

<p><b>MUSEUM PR ACTICE</b></br> Edited by CONAL M<small>C</small>CARTHY <p><i>Museum Practice</i> covers the professional work carried out in museums and art galleries of all types, including the core functions of management, collections, exhibitions, and programs. Some forms of museum practice are familiar to visitors, yet within these diverse and complex institutions many practices are hidden from view, such as creating marketing campaigns, curating and designing exhibitions, developing fundraising and sponsorship plans, crafting mission statements, handling repatriation claims, dealing with digital media, and more. <p>Focused on what actually occurs in everyday museum work, this volume offers contributions from experienced professionals and academics that cover a wide range of subjects including policy frameworks, ethical guidelines, approaches to conservation, collection care and management, exhibition development and public programs. From internal processes such as leadership, governance and strategic planning, to public facing roles in interpretation, visitor research and community engagement and learning, each essential component of contemporary museum practice is thoroughly discussed. <p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOKS OF MUSEUM STUDIES </b> <p>General Editors: Sharon Macdonald and Helen Rees Leahy <p><i>The International Handbooks of Museum Studies</i> is a multi-volume reference work that represents a state-of-the- art survey of the burgeoning field of museum studies. Featuring original essays by leading international museum experts and emerging scholars, readings cover all aspects of museum theory, practice, debates, and the impact of technologies. The four volumes in the series, divided thematically, offer in-depth treatment of all major issues relating to museum theory; historical and contemporary museum practice; mediations in art, design, and architecture; and the transformations and challenges confronting the museum. In addition to invaluable surveys of current scholarship, the entries include a rich and diverse panoply of examples and original case studies to illuminate the various perspectives. Unprecedented for its in-depth topic coverage and breadth of scholarship, the multi-volume <i>International Handbooks of Museum Studies</i> is an indispensable resource for the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society. <p><b>SHARON MACDONALD</b> is Professor of Social Anthropology in the Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt-Üniversität zu Berlin, where she also directs the CARMAH, the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage. <p><b>HELEN REES LEAHY</b> is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester, where she was Director of the Centre for Museology from 2002–2017.

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