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Museums and Maori: Heritage Professionals, Indigenous Collections, Current Practice
  

Museums and Maori: Heritage Professionals, Indigenous Collections, Current Practice (Paperback)

By McCarthy, Conal

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For centuries, M ori treasures, or taonga, have been some of the most prized, popular and precious objects held in museums around the world. From Te Maori to Te Papa and beyond, initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand over the last 30 years have continued to provide new models for m ...

ISBN 9781877385704
Published 1 April 2011 by Te Papa Press
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Exhibiting Maori: A History of Colonial Cultures of Display
   

Exhibiting Maori: A History of Colonial Cultures of Display (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By McCarthy, Conal

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This is a comprehensive assessment of the display of Maori culture from the 19th century to today - it traces the long journey from "curio to specimen, artefact, art and toanga (treasure). Ranging across museums, world fairs, fine art and tourism this worl fuses museum studies, a ...

ISBN 9781877385339
Published 1 May 2007 by Te Papa Press
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Museums Matter: In Praise of the Encyclopedic Museum

Museums Matter: In Praise of the Encyclopedic Museum (Hardback)

By Cuno, James

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In recent years, museums have been under attack, with critics arguing that they are little more than relics and promoters of imperialism. Could it be that the encyclopedic museum has outlived its usefulness? In this book, the author, president and director of the Art Institute of ...

ISBN 9780226126777
Published 1 December 2011 by FOOTPRINT BOOKS
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Series The Rice University Campbell Lectures
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Museum Management and Marketing

Museum Management and Marketing (Paperback, New edition)

Edited by Janes, Robert R.; Sandell, Randell

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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 a ...

ISBN 9780415396295
Published 28 February 2007 by Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Series Leicester Readers in Museum Studies
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Hunting the Collectors: Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, Art Galleries and Archives
 

Hunting the Collectors: Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, Art Galleries and Archives (Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

Edited by Cochrane, Susan; Quanchi, Max

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This volume investigates Pacific collections held in Australian museums, art galleries and archives, and the diverse group of 19th and 20th century collectors responsible for their acquisition. The nineteen essays reveal varied personal and institutional motivations that eventual ...

ISBN 9781443826600
Published 1 February 2011
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Collecting Colonialism: Material Culture and Colonial Change

Collecting Colonialism: Material Culture and Colonial Change (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Gosden, Christopher; Knowles, Chantal

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Taking 20th-century Papua New Guinea as its focus, this work charts the changes in colonial relationships as they were expressed through material culture. It analyzes the insights that museum collections can provide into social relations.

ISBN 9781859734087
Published 1 July 2001 by A & C Black Publishers Ltd
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Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum

Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum (Paperback)

By Fortey, Richard

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'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination.

ISBN 9780007209897
Published 21 November 2008 by HarperCollins
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The McGraw-Hill Museum-goer's Guide

The McGraw-Hill Museum-goer's Guide (Trade Paperback)

By Wink, Richard; Phipps, Richard

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Designed as a primer for the museum or gallery visit required in introductory art courses, this book is a combination reference, workbook, directory, and notepad.

ISBN 9780070387317
Published 1 September 1999 by McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Historic House Museums: A Practical Handbook for Their Care, Preservation and Management

Historic House Museums: A Practical Handbook for Their Care, Preservation and Management (Paperback, New edition)

By Butcher-Younghans, Sherry

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An examination of the problems experienced by house museums, this book offers practical advice and solutions which can easily be implemented. Its useful lessons include governance, where to find help and care of collections.

ISBN 9780195106602
Published 8 February 1996 by Oxford University Press
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Knowing Things: Exploring the Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum 1884-1945

Knowing Things: Exploring the Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum 1884-1945 (Hardback)

By Gosden, Chris; Larson, Frances

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This book explores the early history of the Pitt Rivers Museum and its collections. Thousands of people collected objects for the Museum between its foundation in 1884 and 1945, and they, and the objects they collected, provide a series of insights into the early history of archa ...

ISBN 9780199225897
Published 13 December 2007 by Oxford University Press
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