Bücher der Reihe 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 training. Lois Hamill provides practical, step-by-step guidance for managing all facets of archival collections, from acquisition, arrangement, and description to storage and security.

A generational shift is occurring at historic house museums as board members retire and few young people are taking their place. This work provides decision-making methodology as well as case studies of house museums that have made a transition to a new owner to assure the continuing preservation of the landmark for generations to come.

This book is a complete guide to interpreting women's history. It connects scholarship with the tangible resources and the sensuality that form museums and historic sites-- the objects, architecture and landscapes-- in ways that encourage visitor fascination and understanding and center interpretation on the women active in them

Today's successful museum leaders bring myriad skills to the table, creating a style that works both personally and professionally. This snapshot of museum leadership focuses on history and cultural heritage organizations to help readers understand the power of individual leadership and its relationship to organizational strength.

This book is a unique and insightful resource for those planning to re-create a historic environment, other museum and history professionals, graduate students, and interested non-professionals. Detailed case studies appear throughout, along with practical tips, checklists, and source lists.

This book is an introduction to the concepts, policies, infrastructure and tasks needed to collect, preserve and make archival collections available to researchers. The book provides the practical information necessary to manage archival collections for those who do not have a formal education in archival work.

Museums and Millennials offers a new and innovative approach to attracting and retaining the interest of millennial patrons through an easy-to-implement and practical checklist. Check your museum's "A.U.R.A." (Affordability, Uniqueness, Relevance, and Accessibility) to ensure you are creating new programs and campaigns geared towards getting them.

In the second edition of their 2000 book, John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking offer an updated version of the Contextual Model of Learning, as well as present the latest advances in museum research, theory, and practice in order to provide readers an inside view of how and why people learn from their museum experiences.

Organizing Archival Records has equipped non-professional archivists to tackle the challenging task of arranging and describing archival materials. The 4th edition preserves the practical, easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach of earlier editions while updating its content to reflect current archival practices.

This is your guide to assessing readiness to attract grants, understanding how grant funders work, learning how to design highly-fundable projects and programs, and writing and submitting proposals. The tips, charts, models, and examples will help you create a manageable and rewarding grant program, or update and strengthen your present program.

This book is a results-oriented, straight-talking guide for local activists, professionals, and preservation commissions committed to winning and maintaining local historic districts. Its political approach focuses on the crucial challenges of gaining and sustaining community and local governmental support for historic district regulations.

Performing History is for people who want to develop a first person narrative, those who have created a first person narrative but want to make it better, and those who want to help others develop first person narratives--museum and historic site volunteer coordinators, program and education curators, and those who wear many hats in small staffs.

In this book, readers learn about leadership theory in both for profit and nonprofit worlds and how to effectively master the role of both leader and follower. It explores the reality of change in the workplace, the standards and best practices of businesses and museums, and innovative approaches to creating a nimble and responsive organization.

Museum and Historic Site Management utilizes the classic business case study approach to help museum and public history professionals think through different scenarios and understand/anticipate different points of view in resolving issues. The thirty case study topics include board management, fundraising, personnel planning, technology, and financial planning.

Registration Methods for the Small Museum covers all aspects of the registration process and provides practical solutions for the small museum professional. The fifth edition updates the handbook to fit the registration systems in today's small museums and provides additional forms that weren't in previous editions of the book.

This revised and expanded second edition preserves the supportive tone and easy-to-follow steps that make the original Exhibit Makeovers so user-friendly. Significant revisions-especially in technology and fabrication arenas-make this new edition a must-have addition to any museum's toolkit.

The Care and Display of Historic Clothing aims to assist with the full integration of costume collections into the interpretation of the past. The topics explored in this publication range from the care and identification of items in a costume collection to discussions about both physical display and how they can be used to engage audiences.

Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences is a brief foundational public history textbook for use in undergraduate and graduate classrooms. It is organized around the questions and ethical dilemmas that drive public history in a variety of settings, from local community-based projects to international case studies.

Museum Operations: A Handbook of Tools, Templates, and Models contains 19 research and analytical tools, templates, and models - giving museum professionals processes and procedures for analyzing information and making decisions that are easily explainable to staff, board members, donors, patrons, and other stakeholders.

Here is a complete introduction to the history of museums, types of museums, and the key functions museums play in the 21st century. This new edition features "Museums in Motion Today" where museum professionals provide their perspectives on where museums are and where they are going. Each chapter is amply illustrated.