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Starting right : a basic guide to museum planning / Gerald George and Cindy Sherrell-Leo.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks AM 11 .G46 1995
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- 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:
- 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, Cal. : AltaMira Press, ©1995.
- Contents:
- Preface: Getting a Museum Going
- What You Need to Know about It
- Respect Is the Overall Rule
- Help Is All around You
- Support Is the First Consideration
- And If You Don't Want to Do All That?
- And If You Are Planning a Historic House Museum?
- How Best to Go about It
- Analyze for Essentials
- Organize for Operation
- Plan for Activities
- Recruit the Human Resources
- Now Will It Really Work?
- Some Basic Documents
- Basic Organization Chart
- Board Membership Responsibilities Agreement
- Sample Museum Bylaws
- Typical Museum Budget List
- Sample Position Description for a Director
- Sample Certificate of Gift
- Standard Object Cataloging Record.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Nashville, TN : American Association for State and Local History, ©1986.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: George, Gerald (Gerald W.). Starting right.
- ISBN:
- 0761991484
- 9780761991489
- OCLC:
- 33861973
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