The Little(r) Museums of Paris

The Little(r) Museums of Paris
Author: Emma Jacobs
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0762466405

Discover a new side of Paris, hidden in plain sight, with this beautifully illustrated guide to the city's smaller collections and best-kept secrets, from artists' studios to scientific museums. A visit to Paris can often seem like a highlight reel -- the Louvre, the Musee d'Orsay, the Eiffel Tower. But Paris isn't only about the big attractions; in fact, some might say it's the offbeat destinations that hold the greatest treasures. The Little(r) Museums of Paris takes a whimsical journey through these smaller destinations, from the fantastical to the bizarre, offering both a guide to the city and inspiration for armchair travelers. Rather than traveling by neighborhood, this charming guide explores the different types of institutions nestled within Paris, from time capsules like the Musee Nissim de Camondo to explorations of the world beyond the city limits, including the Institute of the Arab World. Readers will peek behind the curtains of artists' apartments and into the microscopes of collections of scientific oddities. Each entry opens up a new world of adventure, with a description of the museum's collection, as well as a short history, watercolor illustrations, and a miniature map. For residents and visitors alike, the captivating illustrations and deeply-researched yet approachable writing will encourage greater appreciation of the cultural diversity, history, and colorful characters that give Paris that je ne sais quoi.

America's Art Museums

America's Art Museums
Author: Suzanne Loebl
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780393320060

A tour of America's most notable museums is also a history of the nation's art that highlights each location's top works while discussing the backgrounds of each building and featured piece of art.

Great Little Museums of the Midwest

Great Little Museums of the Midwest
Author: Christine Des Garennes
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2002
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781931599085

Featuring more than 70 museums, this is the quintessential guide to quirky, offbeat museums throughout the Midwest. Included are museums in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. From the Mustard Museum in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin to the Super Museum in Metropolis, Illinois, and the Spam Museum in Austin, Minnesota, this guide is sure to amuse and entertain.

Building Museums

Building Museums
Author: Robert Herskovitz
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2012
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 087351856X

An indispensable tool for renovating and building small and midsized museums, written for those who preserve and interpret our cultural heritage.

Little Known Museums in and Around Rome

Little Known Museums in and Around Rome
Author: Rachel Kaplan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2000-11
Genre: Travel
ISBN:

Illustrated throughout, this guide features practical information on 30 remarkable museums in Rome and the surrounding countryside, including collection highlights, addresses and phone numbers, hours and admissions.

Fundraising for Small Museums

Fundraising for Small Museums
Author: Salvatore G. Cilella
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0759119686

This brief manual is designed specifically for people running the thousands of small museums and historic sites across the U.S. and Canada. These smaller institutions tend to lack funding and professional staff, so this book is meant to help the busy administrators perform their job of fundraising better and more efficiently.

A Practical Guide to Fundraising for Small Museums

A Practical Guide to Fundraising for Small Museums
Author: Sheldon Wolf
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2018-03-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1538103273

A Practical Guide to Fundraising for Small Museums: Maximizing the Marketing-Development Connection turns the traditional development program on its ears, as it starts with the needs of donors rather than the needs of the organization. Just like marketing for other goods and services, museums must begin with aligning their products with their audiences. Then they can develop fund strategies that keep their audiences in mind. While the book covers traditional strategies (such as membership and events), it approaches them from a new point of view and provides tips and sample ideas all along the way for small and mid-sized museums to implement a successful development plan. Complete with sample forms, this book is a must-have for every museum development professional, volunteer, and student who wants to succeed.

Little Museums

Little Museums
Author: Lynne Arany
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1998-04-15
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780805048230

The definitive guide to the most interesting, amusing, and surprising collections in America. With listings that leave no source unexplored, this clever directory is the first in-depth popular guide to more than 1,000 small museums. Its listing of archives ranging from the utterly informal to the most diligently organized, labeled, and catalogued, from displays of celebrity shoes to the work of visionary artists, provides a picture of the American landscape that is rich in quirky details. In Little Museums, you will find the listings that tourist literature does not provide, including the Barbie Hall of Fame in Palo Alto, California, the Dog Mushing Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska; the Museum of Ordinary People in Hurtsboro, Alabama; the 24Hour Church of Elvis in Portland, Arizona; and the last freak show left in America--at Coney Island's Sideshows by the Seashore. A virtual museums listing means you don't even have to leave home to visit a little museum, and a category index makes finding museums devoted to your favorite subjects even easier. Little Museums is for anyone who hates to miss a unique opportunity along the byways and urban centers of America.