Manual of Curatorship

John M. A. Thompson

1: The Museum Context; 1: Introduction; 2: Museums and their precursors: a brief world survey; 3: Ideological Criticism and Pluralism; 4: The organization of museums; 5: The Museums & Galleries Commission; 6: Enabling legislation for museums; 7: National museums; 8: The national galleries; 9: University museums; 10: Local Authority museums and galleries; 11: Independent museums; 12: Ethics of curatorship in the UK; 2: Management and Administration; 13: The role of the director; 14: Financial management; 15: Museums and marketing; 16: Personnel management; 17: The management of volunteers; 18: The management of museum buildings; 19: Building a new museum: the roles and relationship of curator and architect in planning and project management; 20: Security; 21: Information technology in museums; 22: Law and legislation; 3: Conservation; 23: Introduction; 24: Documenting collections; 25: Conservation documentation; 26: Control and measurement of the environment; 27: Buildings, environment and artefacts; 28: Conservation and storage: archival paper; 29: Conservation and storage: prints, drawings and water-colours; 30: Conservation and storage: easel paintings; 31: Conservation and storage: photographic materials; 32: Conservation and storage: textiles; 33: Conservation and storage: leather objects; 34: Conservation and storage: wood; 35: Conservation and storage: ceramics; 36: Conservation and storage: stone; 37: Conservation and storage: metals; 38: Conservation and storage: machinery; 39: Conservation and storage: archaeological material; 40: Conservation and storage: geological material; 41: Conservation and storage: zoological collections; 42: Herbarium practice; 43: Object handling; 44: Storage systems; 45: Conservation aspects of storage and display; 46: Pest control in museums; 47: Scientific examination of artefacts; 48: Disaster planning; 4: Collections Research; 49: Collections research: local, national and international pespectives; 50: The nature of museum collections; 51: Researching geological collections; 52: Archaeological research collections: prehistoric and Roman; 53: Archaeological research collections: medieval and post-medieval; 54: The hardware of science; 55: Research: natural science collections; 56: Research: fine-art collections; 57: Research — social history; 58: Research: social-history sources; 59: Classical antiquities: forgeries and reproductions; 60: Coins: fakes and forgeries; 61: Collections research: industry; 5: User Services; 62: Introduction; 63: Museum libraries; 64: Museum publications: a descriptive and bibliographic guide; 65: Museums and education: a bibliographic guide; 66: Communicating through museum exhibitions; 67: Exhibition design; 68: Museum education; 69: Approaches to summative evaluation; 70: Retailing; 71: Enquiries