Bücher der Reihe Leicester Readers in Museum Studies

Bringing together the most significant papers on the interpretation of objects and collections, this volume examines how people relate to material culture and why they collect things.

An introduction to the key issues, controversies and debates which exist in museum management. This book considers subject areas such as strategic management, HRM and marketing.

This volume provides a practical guide to all aspects of collections care including conservation practice, the monitoring of control of light, relative humidity and atmospheric pollution, biological infestation and disaster planning.

This edited volume gives evidence of the variety of views that exist about museums, and considers museum provision and professionalism in all their forms.

Drawing together articles on theoretical and practice-based developments in the field, this book investigates the linked areas of management and marketing in the museum. The articles deal with the museum context of management and how marketing and management practices must take account of the specifics of the museum and the not-for-profit ethos.