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• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Boxes
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• SECTION 1. Introductory
• UNIT 1. About this book
• UNIT 2. About museums
• UNIT 3. Types of museums
• UNIT 4. The case for museums
• UNIT 5. Museums and sustainability
• UNIT 6. Museums and ethics
• SECTION 2. The Museum and its users
• UNIT 7. Museums are for people
• UNIT 8. Access and accessibility
• UNIT 9. Understanding your market
• UNIT 10. Marketing your museum
• UNIT 11. Developing new Audiences
• UNIT 12. Special audiences: museums and people with disabilities
• UNIT 13. The museum visit
• UNIT 14. Learning in museums
• UNIT 15. Learning: inside the museum
• UNIT 16. Learning: beyond the museum
• UNIT 17. Events and activities: creating programmes
• UNIT 18. Facilities for visitors
• UNIT 19. Providing services: shops and sales points
• UNIT 20. Providing services: food and drink
• UNIT 21. Providing facilities for hire
• UNIT 22. Information services
• UNIT 23. Publications
• UNIT 24. Museum websites
• UNIT 25. Public relations and the media
• UNIT 26. Working with Friends’ and membership groups
• UNIT 27. Researchers as users
• SECTION 3. Interpreting collections
• UNIT 28. Introducing interpretation
• UNIT 29. Presentation techniques: graphics
• UNIT 30. Presentation techniques: three-dimensional
• UNIT 31. Presentation techniques: audio-visual
• UNIT 32. Presentation techniques: interactives
• UNIT 33. Presentation techniques: using people
• UNIT 34. Museum lighting
• UNIT 35. Museum showcases
• UNIT 36. Planning new displays and exhibitions
• UNIT 37. Research for displays and exhibitions
• UNIT 38. Writing text
• UNIT 39. Briefing a designer
• UNIT 40. Display and exhibition design and production
• UNIT 41. New media
• UNIT 42. Evaluating displays and exhibitions
• SECTION 4. Collecting and collections
• UNIT 43. Types of collections
• UNIT 44. Policies for collecting
• UNIT 45. Policies for disposal
• UNIT 46. Donations, purchases and loans
• UNIT 47. Collecting and field documentation
• UNIT 48. Object research
• UNIT 49. Fieldwork and record centres
• UNIT 50. Photography, film and video
• UNIT 51. Audio-recording and oral history
• UNIT 52. The role of collections in research
• UNIT 53. Ethical considerations and repatriation
• UNIT 54. Museum archives and museum history
• SECTION 5. Managing and caring for collections
• UNIT 55. Collections management plans
• UNIT 56. Collections audits
• UNIT 57. Documentation systems
• UNIT 58. Working with conservators
• UNIT 59. Preventive conservation: principles
• UNIT 60. Environmental monitoring and control: light
• UNIT 61. Environmental monitoring and control: humidity and temperature
• UNIT 62. Environmental monitoring and control: air pollution/pest and insect attack
• UNIT 63. Materials testing
• UNIT 64. Storage: principles
• UNIT 65. Storage: practice
• UNIT 66. Handling, packing and moving collections
• UNIT 67. Remedial conservation: principles
• UNIT 68. Remedial conservation: practice
• UNIT 69. Disaster planning
• UNIT 70. Insurance
• UNIT 71. Collections security: physical and electronic
• UNIT 72. Collections security: systems and procedures
• UNIT 73. Copyright
• SECTION 6. The museum and its buildings
• UNIT 74. Museum buildings: form and function
• UNIT 75. Museums and their physical setting
• UNIT 76. Museum buildings: planning for access
• UNIT 77. Options analysis and feasibility assessment
• UNIT 78. Working with architects
• UNIT 79. Museum buildings: physical security
• UNIT 80. Museum buildings: management and maintenance
• UNIT 81. Museum buildings: sustainability
• UNIT 82. Orientation and signage
• UNIT 83. Atmosphere, pace and flow
• SECTION 7. The museum and its management
• UNIT 84. Legal status, governance and management structures
• UNIT 85. Partnerships
• UNIT 86. Networking
• UNIT 87. Policy development and management planning
• UNIT 88. Developing a forward plan
• UNIT 89. Measuring performance in museums
• UNIT 90. Evaluating the museum’s success
• UNIT 91. Project management
• UNIT 92. Financial management
• UNIT 93. New sources of income
• UNIT 94. Fund-raising
• UNIT 95. Management of change
• UNIT 96. Internal communications
• UNIT 97. Staff structures
• UNIT 98. Volunteers in museums
• UNIT 99. Recruiting museum staff
• UNIT 100. Conditions of service
• UNIT 101. Performance standards for the individual
• UNIT 102. Job appraisal and assessing performance
• UNIT 103. Staff training and professional development
• UNIT 104. Using consultants in the museum
• UNIT 105. Health and safety
• UNIT 106. Administrative procedures
• UNIT 107. Information technology and the museum
• SECTION 8. Supporting resources
• UNIT 108. Sources of information and support
• UNIT 109. Resources for museums on the Internet
• Glossary
• Select Bibliography
• Index