Centering the Museum
Drawing on Elaine Heumann Gurian's 50 years of museum experience, Centering the Museum calls on the profession to help visitors experience their shared humanity and find social uses for public…
Specifikacia Centering the Museum
Drawing on Elaine Heumann Gurian's 50 years of museum experience, Centering the Museum calls on the profession to help visitors experience their shared humanity and find social uses for public buildings, in order to make museums more central and useful to everyone in difficult times.Following the same format as Civilizing the Museum, this new volume includes material written especially for a re-emergent time and relevant public lectures not included in the author's previous book. Divided into six separate content clusters, with over twenty different essays, the book identifies many small, subtle ways museums can become more welcoming to more - and to all. Drawing on her extensive experience as a deputy director, senior advisor to high-profile government museums, lecturer and teacher around the world, the author provides recommendations for inclusive