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Introduction to museum work G. Ellis Burcaw
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks AM 5 .B88 1983
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burcaw, George Ellis, 1921-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Museums.
- Museum techniques.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville : American Association for State and Local History, 1983.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Preface to the first edition
- Museum Defined
- Beginnings of the Museum
- Museums Today
- Museums and Museum Fields
- Organization and Support
- Collecting Theory: General and Science Museums
- Collecting Theory: History Museums
- Collecting Theory: Art Museums
- Registration and Cataloguing
- Care of Collections
- Security
- Use of Collections
- Permanent Exhibits
- Temporary Exhibits
- Visitors and Interpretation
- Education and Activities
- Museum Architecture
- Historic Preservation
- Philosophy and Public Image
- Practical Matters
- The Law
- Trends and Tomorrow.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Burcaw, George Ellis, 1921- Introduction to museum work.
- ISBN:
- 0910050694
- 9780910050692
- OCLC:
- 9828354
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