Creating the visitor-centered museum
by
Samis, Peter S., author.
Title
:
Creating the visitor-centered museum
Author
:
Samis, Peter S., author.
ISBN
:
9781629581903
9781629581910
Personal Author
:
Samis, Peter S., author.
Publication Information
:
New York, : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Physical Description
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xvi, 197 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents
:
Considering the visitor -- Change takes leadership -- Contours of change -- Case studies -- Charting history -- Denver Art Museum: building a sustainable visitor-centered practice -- Engaging through audience immersion -- City Museum: the power of play -- Ruhr Museum: connecting through adaptive reuse and design -- Minnesota History Center: lessons from a learning team -- Re-invigorating traditional museums -- Detroit: re-inventing a landmark museum with and for visitors -- Oakland Museum of California: including a diverse public -- Columbus Museum of Art: museum as community living room -- Creating social change -- Kelvingrove: museum as cultural commons -- Taking a critical stance on museum practice -- Van Abbe Museum: radicality meets hospitality -- MCA Denver: art experience over art objects -- Conclusion: varieties of visitor-centeredness and change.
Abstract
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"What does the transformation to a visitor-centered approach do for a museum? How are museums made relevant to a broad range of visitors of varying ages, identities, and social classes? Does appealing to a larger audience force museums to "dumb down" their work? What internal changes are required? Based on a multi-year Kress Foundation-sponsored study of 20 innovative American and European collections-based museums recognized by their peers to be visitor-centered, Peter Samis and Mimi Michaelson answer these key questions for the field. The book describes key institutions that have opened the doors to a wider range of visitors; addresses the internal struggles to reorganize and democratize these institutions; uses case studies, interviews of key personnel, Key Takeaways, and additional resources to help museum professionals implement a visitor-centered approach in collections-based institutions."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Term
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Museums. -- Management.
Museums. -- Management -- Case studies.
Museum visitors.
Added Author
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Michaelson, Mimi,
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 10700870 AM121 S35 ysh
npmlib 南院 AM121 S35 stc 10622197
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NPMSB | AM121 S35 2017 | 10622197 | 1 | B | *南院西文圖書 |
NPM Library | AM121 S35 2017 | 10700870 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |