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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
The Museum Curator's Guide' is practical reference book for emerging arts and heritage professionals working with a wide range of objects (including fine art, decorative arts, social history, ethnographic and archaeological collections), and explores the core work of the curator within a gallery or museum setting.0Commencing with a clear overview of and introduction to current material culture and museum studies theories, Nicola Pickering then discusses their practical application with collections. Illustrated with specific case studies, she considers the role of the curator, their duties, day-to-day work, interaction with and care or preservation of objects and the myriad ways objects can be catalogued, displayed, moved, arranged, stored, interpreted and explained in a present-day museum.0The Museum Curator's Guide represents an essential and lasting resource for all those working with the collection, preservation and presentation of objects, including students of collections management and curatorship; current gallery and museum professionals; and private collectors. |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Museums and Collections -- 1. What are museums? -- 2. Museum collecting policies, composition and implementation -- 2. Managing Collections -- 3. Researching and accessioning new collection objects -- 4. Classifying, recording and cataloguing objects -- 5. Handling, storing and preserving objects -- 3. Displaying and Interpreting Collections -- 6. Displaying objects -- 7. Interpreting objects -- 8. Museum audiences -- 4. The Museum Curator |
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9. The curator today and conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Museums -- Collection management.
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Museums -- Collection management. |
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Museums -- Curatorship.
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Museums -- Curatorship. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: PICKERING, NICOLA. MUSEUM CURATOR'S GUIDE. [Place of publication not identified] : LUND HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS, 2020 1848223242 (OCoLC)1119570766 |
| ISBN |
9781848224131 (electronic book) |
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1848224133 (electronic book) |
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1848223242 |
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9781848223240 |
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