Museum Basics

What are the basic principles that underly museum work? What ideas can apply to ill-equipped and under-staffed museums everywhere? This guide provides answers to such questions, as well as details of museum organization from collections management and conservation to marketing and security.

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Drawing from a wide range of experience, the authors propose the simple ideas which should underpin all professional museum training courses. Organised on a modular basis Museum Basics provides a basic guide to `best practice' in every aspect of museum work, from museum organisation, through collections management and conservation, to marketing and security. It is designed for training courses, to be supplemented by case studies, project work and group discussion.