Manual of Curatorship: A Guide to Museum Practice

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ISBN: 9780750603515 | 0750603518
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/21/1992

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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Museums and their precursor: a brief world survey	p. 5
Museums in Britain: a historical survey	p. 22
The organization of museums	p. 47
The Museums and Galleries Commission	p. 58
Enabling legislation for museums	p. 70
National museums	p. 81
The national galleries	p. 86
University museums	p. 93
Local authority museums and galleries	p. 101
Independent museums	p. 112
Ethics of curatorship in the UK	p. 119
The role of the Director	p. 133
Financial management	p. 142
Museums and marketing	p. 148
Personnel management	p. 159
The management of volunteers	p. 167
The management of museum buildings	p. 172
Building a new museum: the roles and relationship of curator and architect in planning and project management	p. 178
Security	p. 183
Information technology in museums	p. 191
Law and legislation	p. 198
Documenting collections	p. 213
Conservation documentation	p. 229
Control and measurement of the environment	p. 234
Buildings, environment and artefacts	p. 246
Conservation and storage: archival paper	p. 252
Conservation and storage: prints, drawings and water-colours	p. 259
Conservation and storage: easel paintings	p. 274
Conservation and storage: photographic materials	p. 294
Conservation and storage: textiles	p. 302
Conservation and storage: leather objects	p. 340
Conservation and storage: wood	p. 346
Conservation and storage: ceramics	p. 353
Conservation and storage: stone	p. 364
Conservation and storage: metals	p. 369
Conservation and storage: machinery	p. 374
Conservation and storage: archaeological material	p. 392
Conservation and storage: geological material	p. 427
Conservation and storage: zoological collections	p. 438
Herbarium practice	p. 448
Object handling	p. 455
Storage systems	p. 459
Conservation aspects of storage and display	p. 468
Pest control in museums	p. 474
Scientific examination of artefacts	p. 480
Disaster planning	p. 487
Collections research: local, national and international perspectives	p. 493
The nature of museum collections	p. 500
Researching geological collections	p. 513
Archaeologial research collections: prehistoric and Roman	p. 522
Archaeological research collections: medieval and post-medieval	p. 525
The hardware of science	p. 530
Research: natural science collections	p. 536
Research: fine-art collections	p. 542
Research: social history	p. 547
Research: social-history sources	p. 554
Classical antiquities: forgeries and reproductions	p. 558
Coins; fakes and forgeries	p. 562
Collections research: industry	p. 565
Museum libraries	p. 585
Museum publications: a descriptive and bibliographic guide	p. 590
Museums and education: a bibliographic guide	p. 623
Communicating through museum exhibitions	p. 649
Exhibition design	p. 660
Museum education	p. 670
Approaches to summative evaluation	p. 690
Retailing	p. 702
Enquiries	p. 710
Appendix: Code of conduct for museum professionals	p. 716
Index	p. 725
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