Creating the visitor-centered museum / Peter Samis and Mimi Michaelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samis, Peter S., author.

Michaelson, Mimi, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Management.

Museums.

Museums--Management--Case studies.

Museum visitors.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 197 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Considering the visitor

Change takes leadership

Contours of change

Case studies

Charting history

Denver Art Museum: building a sustainable visitor-centered practice

Engaging through audience immersion

City Museum: the power of play

Ruhr Museum: connecting through adaptive reuse and design

Minnesota History Center: lessons from a learning team

Re-invigorating traditional museums

Detroit Institute of Arts: re-inventing a landmark museum with and for visitors

Oakland Museum of California: including a diverse public

Columbus Museum of Art: museum as community living room

Creating social change

Kelvingrove: museum as cultural commons

Taking a critical stance on museum practice

Van Abbe Museum: radicality meets hospitality

Museum of Contemporary Art Denver: experience over objects

Conclusion: varieties of visitor-centeredness and change

Conclusion: varieties of visitor-centeredness and organizational change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781315531014

1315531011

Publisher Number:

99984112061

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.