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Starting right : a basic guide to museum planning / Gerald George and Carol Maryan-George.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- George, Gerald (Gerald W.)
- Series:
- American Association for State and Local History book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Museums--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Museums.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 168 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Are you thinking of starting a museum? Starting Right has been helping nonprofessionals learn the basics of museum planning for nearly three decades. Guided by years of professional experience, Gerald George and Carol Maran-George offer straightforward advice, resource lists, and sample documents to help newcomers succeed. This fully revised third edition will help you understand what you are getting into, evaluate prospects, avoid pitfalls, and take advantage of many kinds of available help. Addressing current and perennial issues facing new museums, from digital technologies to fund-raising concerns, Starting Right takes you on a step-by-step journey through the process of creating a sound plan for starting your museum. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The big questions
- What makes a good museum?
- How can you finance it?
- Where can you get help?
- Nuts and bolts
- Analyze for essentials
- What is your museum's mission and what are its limits?
- What collections do you have or need to serve your museum's purpose?
- How will you house your museum?
- How will you provide security?
- Organize for operation
- What governance provisions will your constitution make?
- What procedures will your bylaws contain?
- How will you clarify the relative responsibilities and prerogatives of board members, directors, staff members, and volunteers?
- What else can you do to promote harmony in your organization?
- Plan for activities
- What will be your collections policy?
- What conservation needs must you meet and how?
- What provisions will you make for ongoing research?
- What interpretive methods will you use to reach your publics?
- Recruit the human resources
- What time schedule for development will your museum follow?
- Who will direct your museum and how will you recruit that person?
- What staff positions, paid or volunteer, will you need?
- What provisions will you make for staff training in museum work and museum ethics?
- Now will it really work?
- How will you keep on track?
- How will you evaluate your museum's activities?
- How will you conduct ongoing planning?
- How will you keep your museum alive, dynamic, creative, even visionary, and closely connected to your community?
- Alternatives
- And if you don't want to do all that?
- And if you are planning a historic house museum?
- Some basic documents
- A. basic organization chart
- B. board membership responsibilities agreement
- Sample museum bylaws
- Sample position description for a director
- E. sample certificate of gift
- F. standard object cataloging record
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- About the authors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0759121400
- 9780759121393
- 0759121397
- 9780759121409
- 9780759121416
- 0759121419
- OCLC:
- 795909453
- Publisher Number:
- 99951327771
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