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Civilizing the museum : the collected writings of Elaine Heumann Gurian / Elaine Heumann Gurian.

Author(s): Gurian, Elaine Heumann

Civilizing the museum : the collected writings of Elaine Heumann Gurian / Elaine Heumann Gurian.
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Main Title
Civilizing the museum : the collected writings of Elaine Heumann Gurian
Author(s)
Gurian, Elaine Heumann
Publisher
London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Collation
xix, 217 p.
24 cm.
ISBN
0415357624
Dewey Class
069
Contents
Introduction: reflections on 35 years in the museum field --
Part I. The importance of "and": about opportunities, possibilities, taxonomy, and definitions. 1. The concept of fairness, a debate at the American Association of Museums, 1990 -- 2. The importance of "and": a comment on excellence and equity, 1992 -- 3. The molting of children's museums? An observation, 1998 -- 4. What is the object of this exercise? A meandering exploration of the many meanings of objects in museums, 1999 -- 5. Choosing among the options: an opinion about museum definitions, 2002 -- 6. Timeliness: a discussion for museums, 2003 --
Part II. A safer place: museums in a civil society. 7. The museum as a socially responsible institution, 1988 -- 8. Turning the ocean liner slowly: about the process of change in large institutions, 1990 -- 9. The opportunity for social service, 1991 -- 10. A savings bank for the soul: about institutions of memory and congregant spaces, 1996 --
Part III. Space, the final frontier: museums, construction, architecture, and space planning. 11. Function follows form: how mixed-used spaces in museums build community, 2001 -- 12. Threshold fear: architecture program planning, 2005 -- 13. Free at last: a case for the elimination of admission charges in museums, 2005 --
Part IV. Noodling around with exhibition opportunities: examining the process that influences them. 14. Answers to the ten questions I am most often asked: a review of exhibitions and learning, 1981 -- 15. Noodling around with exhibition opportunities: the potential meanings of exhibition modalities, 1991 -- 16. Let's empower all those who have a stake in exhibitions: about the uses, meaning, and failings of the team approach, 1990 -- 17. Reluctant recognition of the superstar: a paean to individual brilliance, and how it operates, 1992 -- 18. A blurring of the boundaries, 1995 -- 19. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: history or metaphor? 1993 --
Part V. Spirituality: the end of the age of the rational. 20. A Jew among the Indians: how working outside of one's own culture works, 1991 -- 21. Repatriation in context: the important changes brought to museums by indigenous communities, 1991 -- 22. Singing and dancing at night: a biographic meaning to working in the spiritual arena, 2004.
Language
English
Subject
Museums -- Philosophy.
Museums -- Social aspects.
BRN
7813
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