Museum Administration

Hugh H. Genoways, Lynne M. Ireland

• Paperback | American Association for State and Local History
• Museum Administration is the handbook for students, new professionals, and anyone who needs to know what goes into running a museum. The authors cover... Lees meer

Controversial Monuments and Memorials

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• This book addresses tough issues that museum professionals, public historians, and community leaders face with the challenges of competing historical ... Lees meer

Places of Worship

James P Wind

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Whether Christian churches, Jewish synagogues, Islamic mosques, Buddhist temples, or the gathering places for other faiths, buildings designed for wor... Lees meer

Is Your Museum Grant-Ready?

Sarah Sutton

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• This isyour guide to assessing readiness to attract grants, understanding how grant funders work, learning how to design highly-fundable projects and ... Lees meer

Editing Historical Documents

Michael E Stevens, Steven B Burg

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• This volume is aimed both at more experienced editors, who may wish to skip over the advice offered in the introduction, as well as at those who are n... Lees meer

The Making of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Teresa S Moyer, Paul A Shackel

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is most widely known today for the attempted slave revolt led by John Brown in 1859, the nucleus for the interp... Lees meer

The Pursuit of Local History

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• This is an important book for students of museum studies who, in their future careers, will become practitioners of local history. It is equally impor... Lees meer

Introduction to Museum Work

G Ellis Burcaw

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Long regarded as one the leading texts in museology, Introduction to Museum Work is now thoroughly revised and updated. While citing recent changes in... Lees meer

Case Studies in Cultural Entrepreneurship

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Case Studies in Cultural Entrepreneurship offers highly focused case studies that demonstrate the critical role entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial thin... Lees meer

The Promise of Cultural Institutions

David Carr

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• This thought-provoking collection of essays is essential reading for anyone who cares about cultural institutions and their role in the community of l... Lees meer

Archives 101

Lois Hamill

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Archives 101 is a guidebook for people who care for historical records, photographs, and collections but do not have the appropriate professional trai... Lees meer

The Care of Prints and Drawings

Margaret Holben Ellis

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• The 2nd edition of The Care of Prints and Drawings provides practical, straightforward advice to those responsible for the preservation of works on pa... Lees meer

Cultural Heritage Tourism

Cheryl M Hargrove

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Cultural Heritage Tourism: Five Steps for Success and Sutainability helps managers and community leaders attract visitors to cultural heritage sites, ... Lees meer

Folklife and Museums

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Much has changed in the fields of museology and folklife during the past 30 years, when Folklife and Museums: Selected Readings was first published by... Lees meer

Early American Decorative Arts, 1620-1860

Rosemary Troy Krill

• Boek | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Winterthur Museum is world renowned for its decorative arts collections and its exceptional educational programs. Adapted from the training materials ... Lees meer

The Making of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Teresa S Moyer, Paul A Shackel

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is most widely known today for the attempted slave revolt led by John Brown in 1859, the nucleus for the interp... Lees meer

Exhibit Makeovers

Alice Parman, Jeffrey Jane Flowers

• Hardcover | American Association for State and Local History
• A hands-on workbook to guide staff and volunteers through exhibit planning, design, fabrication, and installation using limited resources. Lees meer

Museums in Motion

Edward P Alexander, Mary Alexander, Juilee Decker

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Here is a complete introduction to the history of museums, types of museums, and the key roles that museums play in the twenty-first century. Followin... Lees meer

Oral History for the Local Historical Society

Willa K Baum

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Oral History for the Local Historical Society , a classic in the field for three decades, tells you how to start an oral history program in your commu... Lees meer

Material Culture Studies in America

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• The country's leading authority on use of artifactual evidence in historical research collects twenty-five classic essays and gives his overview of th... Lees meer

Archives for the Lay Person

Lois Hamill

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Collections management can be a daunting task for volunteers and employees alike. Archives for the Lay Person provides practical, step-by-step guidanc... Lees meer

The Museum in America

Edward P Alexander

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• The Museum in America captures the life stories of thirteen visionary museum leaders who helped transform the 19th century's collection of curios into... Lees meer

Great Tours!

Barbara Abramoff Levy, Sandra MacKenzie Lloyd, Susan Porter Schreiber

• Hardcover | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Creating tours that are interesting and educational for visitors (and guides!) is a challenge every historic site faces. Great Tours! helps you focus ... Lees meer

Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada

American Association for State and Local History

• Paperback | Engels | American Association for State and Local History
• Since 1936, the Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada has come to be regarded as a standard resource for those working... Lees meer