Museums 101 Author:Mark Walhimer Looking for an A-Z, one-stop, comprehensive book on museums? Wish you were able to have one of the nation?s leading museum consultants spend a couple of days with you, talking you through how to start a museum, how museums work, how to set up an exhibit, and more? If so, Museums 101 is the answer to your wishes. — In one short volume, Mark Walhim... more »er covers:
Introduction: The Museum Culture What is a Museum? A Quick History of Museums10 Steps to Starting a MuseumMuseum Branding Museum MarketingMuseum Strategic Planning Museum Governance Museum Feasibility StudiesMuseum FinancesMuseum FundraisingCollectionsArt Handling The "Green Museum"Exhibition Project ManagementExhibition Development / CurationMuseum Research (Art, Science & History) Museum Programming (Education)Museum Master Planning - (Facility Planning)Exhibition Design & Fabrication Programming & Exhibition EvaluationWhat is the Future of Museums ?Features that even the most experienced museum professionals will find useful include a community outreach checklist, a fundraising checklist, a questionnaire for people considering starting a new museum, and an exhaustive, well-organized list of online resources for museum operations.
Valuable appendices you?ll use every day include a museum toolbox full of useful forms, checklists, and worksheets, and a glossary of essential museum-related terms. All this is supplemented by an awesome, regularly updated website geared to the book?s layout.« less