Museum Basics - Ambrose, Timothy

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Résumé :

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Section 1 Introduction to museums

Unit 1.1 About this handbook

Unit 1.2 About museums

Unit 1.3 Types of museums

Unit 1.4 Making the case for museums

Section 2 The museum and its responsibilities

Unit 2.1 Museums and sustainability

Unit 2.2 Museums and social justice

Unit 2.3 Museums and theory

Unit 2.4 Museums and ethics

Unit 2.5 Museums and decolonisation

Unit 2.6 The role of museums in climate justice

Unit 2.7 Museums and conflict

Section 3 The museum and its users

Unit 3.1 Museums are for people

Unit 3.2 Museums and their location

Unit 3.3 Understanding your market context

Unit 3.4 Museums and their communities

Unit 3.5 Equality, diversity and inclusion

Unit 3.6 Special audiences: museums and people with disabilities and special needs

Unit 3.7 Developing new audiences

Unit 3.8 Working with Friends' organisations and volunteer groups

Unit 3.9 Researchers as users

Unit 3.10 Marketing and promoting your museum

Unit 3.11 Public relations and the media

Section 4 The museum and its services

Unit 4.1 The museum visit

Unit 4.2 Museum websites

Unit 4.3 Information services

Unit 4.4 Facilities for visitors

Unit 4.5 Access and accessibility

Unit 4.6 Providing services: shops and sales points

Unit 4.7 Providing services: food and drink

Unit 4.8 Providing facilities for hire

Unit 4.9 Museum publications

Unit 4.10 Social media and museums

Section 5 Learning in the museum

Unit 5.1 Engagement and participation

Unit 5.2 Learning in museums

Unit 5.3 Learning inside the museum

Unit 5.4 Learning beyond the museum

Unit 5.5 Learning resources

Unit 5.6 Events and activities: creating programmes

Unit 5.7 Learning partnerships

Unit 5.8 Evaluating learning programmes

Section 6 Presenting and interpreting collections

Unit 6.1 Introducing interpretation

Unit 6.2 Planning new displays and exhibitions

Unit 6.3 Research for displays and exhibitions

Unit 6.4 Briefing a designer

Unit 6.5 Display and exhibition design and production

Unit 6.6 Writing text

Unit 6.7 Presentation techniques: graphics

Unit 6.8 Presentation techniques: three-dimensional

Unit 6.9 Presentation techniques: audio-visual

Unit 6.10 Presentation techniques: interactives

Unit 6.11 Presentation techniques: replicas and reconstructions

Unit 6.12 Presentation techniques: using people

Unit 6.13 Digital media

Unit 6.14 Museum lighting

Unit 6.15 Museum showcases

Unit 6.16 Evaluating displays and exhibitions

Unit 6.17 Maintaining displays and exhibitions

Section 7 Presenting and interpreting collections: collecting and collections development

Unit 7.1 Types of collections

Unit 7.2 Policies for collecting

Unit 7.3 Sensitive objects and human remains

Unit 7.4 Policies for disposal

Unit 7.5 Donations and purchases

Unit 7.6 Loans

Unit 7.7 Collecting and field documentation

Unit 7.8 Object research

Unit 7.9 Fieldwork and record centres

Unit 7.10 Photography, video and 3D imaging

Unit 7.11 Audio recording and oral history

Unit 7.12 The role of collections in research

Unit 7.13 Repatriation and ethical considerations

Unit 7.14 Museum archives and museum history

Section 8 Managing and caring for collections

Unit 8.1 Collections audits

Unit 8.2 Collections management plans

Unit 8.3 Documentation systems

Unit 8.4 Conservation plans

Unit 8.5 Preventive conservation...

Biographie:

Timothy Ambrose is an international consultant working in the field of museums and cultural heritage. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a Fellow of the UK Museums Association. He has a particular interest in the role of museums in place-making and destination development and has published widely on museums and cultural heritage.

Crispin Paine is a former curator and museum consultant, now an author and museum volunteer. He is a Visiting Lecturer at the Open University, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a Fellow of the UK Museums Association. He has particular interests in local community museums and the material culture of religion.