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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797556903321

Titolo

Collections care and stewardship : innovative approaches for museums / / edited by Juilee Decker ; contributors, Jennifer Schwarz Ballard [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md. : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-3880-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 105 pages)

Collana

Innovative Approaches for Museums

Disciplina

069.068

Soggetti

Museums - Collection management

Antiquities - Collection and preservation

Art objects - Collection and preservation

Manuscripts - Collection and preservation

Museums - Curatorship

Museums - Educational aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Ch01. An Outdoor Museum Perspective on Education and Audience Engagement; Ch02. Collection Preservation Facilities; Ch03. A Window on the Work; Ch04. The Increase and Diffusion of Collections Care Knowledge; Ch05. Contextualizing Collections Management in Academic Museums; Ch06. Collection Curriculum; Ch07. Divergent Agendas and Dobles Vidas; Ch08. Co-Creation and Sustainable Community Engagement; Ch09. Common Cause; Ch10. Joining the Dots; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Collections Care and Stewardship: Innovative Approaches for Museums considers best practices and innovations related to documenting collections with regard to movement and safe handling of items for transport, display, photography, and treatment; collections storage; and information-sharing within and beyond the museum.