A Bibliography of Museum Studies

Simon J. Knell

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781859280614
• eBook ISBN: 9781351962896
• Edition: 11
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

A comprehensive bibliographic reference for students and others wishing to investigate the contemporary literature on museums and collections. The references are systematically arranged into sections including collections management, communication and exhibitions, museum education, material culture, the museums profession and museum management. Compiled from the research and teaching materials of the Department of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester it provides an essential resource for anyone studying, or working in, museums. Containing more than 4, 000 references, this new bibliography provides ready access to the literature whether you are developing a disaster plan or visitor survey, or studying the history of museum education.

1 Museum Context

1.1 Museums - An Introduction

Ambrose, T.M. (1993) Managing New Museums: A Guide to Good Practice, HMSO/Scottish Museums Council.

Ambrose, T.M. (ed.) (1987) Education in Museums; Museums in Education, HMSO/Scottish Museums Council.

Ambrose, T.M. (ed.) (1988) Working with Museums, HMSO/Scottish Museums Council.

Ambrose, T.M. (ed.) (1991) Money, Money, Money and Museums, HMSO/Scottish Museums Council.

Ambrose, T.M. & Paine, C. (1993) Museum Basics, Routledge, London.

Ambrose, T.M. & Runyard, S. (eds.) (1991) Forward Planning, Routledge, London.

American Association of Museums (1992) Excellence and Equity: Education and the Public Dimension of Museums, American Association of Museums, Washington DC.

Annis, S. (1987) The museum as a staging ground for symbolic action, Museum, 38(3), 168–171.

Arnold, K. (1993) Mysterious museums and curious curators, Museums Journal, 93(8), 20–21.

Cannizzo, J. (1987) How sweet it is: cultural politics in Barbados, Muse, Winter, 22–27.

Edson, G. & Dean, D. (1994) The Handbook for Museums, Routledge, London.

Falk, J. & Dierking, L. (1992) The Museum Experience, Whaleback Books, Washington.

Goode, G.B. (1895) The principles of museum administration, Museums Association Conference Proceedings, 69–79.

Greene, J.P. (1989) Museums for the year 2000: a case for continuous revolution, Museums Journal, 88(4), 179–180.

Hebditch, M. (1991) Essential values, Museums Journal, 91(11), 29–31.

Hooper-Greenhill, E. (1992) Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge, Routledge, London.

Hudson, K. (1987) Museums of Influence: The Pioneers of the Last 200 Years, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Hudson, K. & Nichols, A. (1989) Cambridge Guide to the Museums of Britain and Ireland, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Hudson, K. & Nichols, A. (1991) Cambridge Guide to the Museums of Europe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

International Council of Museums (1990) ICOM (International Council of Museums) Statutes and Code of Professional Ethics, ICOM.

Jenkins, P. (1993) Museum futures, Museums Journal, 19(7), 22–23.

Karp, I., Kreamer, C. M. & Lavine, S. D. (eds.) (1992) Museums and Communities: Debating Public Culture, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC.

Karp, I. & Lavine, S.D. (eds.) (1991) Exhibiting Cultures, the Poetics and Politics of Museum Display, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC.

Kavanagh, G. (ed.) (1991) Museum Languages: Objects and Texts, Leicester University Press, Leicester, London and New York.

Kavanagh, G. (ed.) (1991) The Museums Profession: Internal and External Relations, Leicester University Press, Leicester, London and New York.

Lewis, G.D. (1987) Museums, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Chicago, 478–490.

Lewis, J. (1990) Art, Culture and Enterprise: The Politics of Art and the Cultural Industries, Routledge, London.

Lord, G.D. & Lord, B. (eds.) (1991) The Manual of Museum Planning, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester and HMSO, London.

Lumley, R. (ed.) (1988) The Museum Time Machine, Methuen/Routledge, London.

Montaner, J.M. (1990) New Museums, Architectural & Design Press.

O’Neill, M. (1991) Museums and their communities, in Lord, G., D & Lord, B. (eds.), The Manual of Museum Planning, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester and HMSO, London, 19–34.

O’Neill, M. (1992) Piero della Francesca and the trainspotters, A New Head of Steam: Industrial History in the Museum, Scottish Museums Council, 33–36.

Pearce, S.M. (1993) Making up is hard to do, Museums Journal, 93(12), 25–27.

Pearce, S.M. (ed.) (1988) Museum Studies in Material Culture, Leicester University Press, Leicester, London and New York.

Pearce, S.M. (ed.) (1991) Museum Economics and the Community, New Research in Museum Studies, Vol. 2, Athlone, London.

Pearce, S.M. (ed.) (1994) Museums and Europe, New Research in Museum Studies, Vol. 3, Athlone, London.

Pearce, S.M. (ed.) (1994) Museums and the Appropriation of Culture, New Research in Museum Studies, Vol. 4, Athlone, London.

Postman, N. (1990) Museum as dialogue, Museum News, 69(5), 55–58.

Riviere, G.[A-Z]. (1989) La Muséologie, Paris.

Roberts, J. (1990) Postmodernism, Politics and Art, Manchester University Press, Manchester.

Sande, T. A. (1992) Museums, museums, museums, Museum Management & Curator ship, 11, 185–192.

Thompson, J.M.A. et al. (eds.) (1992) Manual of Curatorship: A Guide to Museum Practice, Museums Association/Butterworths, London.

Vergo, P. (ed.) (1989) The New Museology, Reaktion Books, London.

Weil, S.E. (1985) Beauty and the Beasts: On Museums, Art, the Law, and the Market, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC.

Weil, S.E. (1990) Rethinking the Museum and Other and Meditations, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC.

1.2 Museums UK

Anderson, R.G.W. (1990) A New Museum for Scotland, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Attenborough, R. (1985) Arts and Disabled People, Carnegie UK Trust and the Centre for Environment for the Handicapped.

Audit Commission (1991) Local Authorities, Entertainment and the Arts, HMSO, London.

Audit Commission (1991) The Road to Wigan Pier? Managing Local Authority Museums and Art Galleries, HMSO, London.

Boylan, P.J. (1993) Survey highlights staff cuts in 50% of local authority museums, Museums Journal, 93(11), 14–15.

Durant, J. (ed.) (1992) Museums and the Public Understanding of Science, Science Museum in Association with the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science, London.

Feber, S. (1992) Is big boring?, Museums Journal, 92(12), 34–36.

Fiest, A. & Hutchinson, R. ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• 1 Museum Context
• 2 Collection Studies & Museum History
• 3 Material Culture
• 4 Collection Management
• 5 Research
• 6 Communication & Exhibitions
• 7 Museum Education
• 8 Museum Services - Provision & Development
• 9 Professional & Institutional Context
• 10 Museum Management
• 11 Museum Buildings
• 12 Information Sources
• Author Index