03793oam 2200709I 450 991015511680332120210104171533.01-62958-191-71-315-53101-11-315-53099-61-315-53100-310.4324/9781315531014 (CKB)4340000000024004(MiAaPQ)EBC4767439(OCoLC)965826873(EXLCZ)99434000000002400420180706d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCreating the visitor-centered museum /Peter Samis and Mimi MichaelsonFirst edition.New York ;London :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (xvi, 197 pages) ill1-138-69326-X 1-62958-190-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Considering the visitor -- Change takes leadership -- Contours of change -- Case studies -- Charting history -- Denver Art Museum: building a sustainable visitor-centered practice -- Engaging through audience immersion -- City Museum: the power of play -- Ruhr Museum: connecting through adaptive reuse and design -- Minnesota History Center: lessons from a learning team -- Re-invigorating traditional museums -- Detroit: re-inventing a landmark museum with and for visitors -- Oakland Museum of California: including a diverse public -- Columbus Museum of Art: museum as community living room -- Creating social change -- Kelvingrove: museum as cultural commons -- Taking a critical stance on museum practice -- Van Abbe Museum: radicality meets hospitality -- MCA Denver: art experience over art objects -- Conclusion: varieties of visitor-centeredness and change."What does the transformation to a visitor-centered approach do for a museum? How are museums made relevant to a broad range of visitors of varying ages, identities, and social classes? Does appealing to a larger audience force museums to "dumb down" their work? What internal changes are required? Based on a multi-year Kress Foundation-sponsored study of 20 innovative American and European collections-based museums recognized by their peers to be visitor-centered, Peter Samis and Mimi Michaelson answer these key questions for the field. The book describes key institutions that have opened the doors to a wider range of visitors; addresses the internal struggles to reorganize and democratize these institutions; uses case studies, interviews of key personnel, Key Takeaways, and additional resources to help museum professionals implement a visitor-centered approach in collections-based institutions."--Provided by publisher.MuseumsManagementMuseumsManagementCase studiesMuseum visitorsmuseumengeurovocartsengeurovocwork of artengeurovoccase studyengeurovocUnited StatesengeurovocNetherlandsengeurovocGermanyengeurovocMuseumsManagement.MuseumsManagementMuseum visitors.museumartswork of artcase studyUnited StatesNetherlandsGermany069.06832.08EP-CLASSSamis Peter S.976331Michaelson Mimi976332MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155116803321Creating the visitor-centered museum2223937UNINA