Museums: A Place to Work: Planning Museum Careers

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ISBN: 9780415122566 | 0415122562
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/22/1996

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Surveying over thirty different positions in the museum profession, this is the essential guide for anyone considering entering the field, or a career change within it.From from exhibition designer to shop manager, this comprehensive survey views the latest trends in museum work and the broad-ranging technological advances that have been made.For any professional in the field, this will be a crucially useful book for how to prepare, look for and find jobs in the museum profession.

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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
So you want to work in a museum. ... Why?	p. 5
Museums - yesterday and today	p. 10
Museum ethics: the essence of professionalism	p. 35
Reprint of Code of Ethics for Museums (AAM)	p. 41
Governance	p. 47
Legal concerns	p. 55
Museum professional positions	p. 65
Introduction	p. 65
Positions: qualifications, duties and responsibilities	p. 70
Assistant and support positions	p. 119
Interviews with museum professionals	p. 125
Volunteer-staff relations	p. 142
Training and preparation	p. 158
Where the jobs are - or are not	p. 178
Museums around the world	p. 206
Museums - today and tomorrow	p. 231
Appendices	p. 257
App. A General bibliography, directories, list of bibliographies, museum-related journals, and salary and other surveys	p. 259
App. B State, regional, national, and international professional museum-related organizations and their services	p. 267
App. C Sources of funding for internships, fellowships, and research	p. 283
App. D Mission statements and organizational charts (examples)	p. 285
Index	p. 296
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