Civilizing the Museum

Civilizing the Museum
Author: Elaine Heumann Gurian
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2006
Genre: Architectural design
ISBN: 9780415357661

Drawing on her experience working in and with museums in the US and throughout the world, Author Elaine Heumann Gurian explores the possibilities for making museums more central and relevant to society.

Adult Museum Programs

Adult Museum Programs
Author: Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2002-09-10
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0759116490

Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer and her co-authors have taken an important study and turned it into an intriguing, readable, and practical book. Adult learners provide a unique opportunity for museum educators. But what are adult learners looking for? What motivates them to take a class or attend a museum-sponsored activity? What do planners and instructors need to know to maximize the experience for participants? The authors analyzed a wide variety of programs from the perspective of planners, instructors, and participants. They discovered what works and what doesn't, and they've distilled this knowledge into twelve basic steps you can use to design truly meaningful experiences for your museum's adult programs. Visit the authors' web page

Aviso

Aviso
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1995
Genre: Museums
ISBN:

Museums, Adults, and the Humanities

Museums, Adults, and the Humanities
Author: Zipporah W. Collins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1981
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Recommended by a panel of museum educators, selected essays from this out-of-print bestseller are once again available. The selected essays discuss theoretical approaches to the role of the humanities and adult education in museums and develop the idea of the museum as a resource for lifelong learning.

The Fisherman & the Whale

The Fisherman & the Whale
Author: Jessica Lanan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534415750

Jessica Lanan’s dreamy and dramatic watercolor paintings bring to life a wordless story about wonder in the natural world. A fisherman takes his son for a trip out on the water. When they encounter a whale entangled at sea, they realize a connection that transcends the animal kingdom.

Manual of Curatorship

Manual of Curatorship
Author: John M. A. Thompson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1668
Release: 2015-07-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317791592

Based on original contributions by specialists, this manual covers both the theory and the practice required in the management of museums. It is intended for all museum and art gallery profession staff, and includes sections on new technology, marketing, volunteers and museum libraries.

We Contain Multitudes

We Contain Multitudes
Author: Sarah Henstra
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0735264228

An exhilarating and emotional LGBTQ story about the growing relationship between two teen boys, told through the letters written to one another. For fans of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe and I’ll Give You the Sun. Thrown together by a zealous English teacher's classroom-mailbox assignment, notorious scrapper, Adam "Kurl" Kurlansky, and Jonathan Hopkirk, a flamboyant Walt Whitman wannabe, have to write an old-fashioned letter to each other every week. Kurl is a senior, an ex high school football player, held back a year, while Jo is a nerdy, out tenth grader with a penchant for vintage clothes and a deep love for poetry. They are an unlikely pair, but with each letter, the two begin to develop a friendship that grows into love. But with homophobia, bullying and familial abuse, Jonathan and Kurl must struggle to overcome their conflicts and hold onto their relationship, and each other.