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4) The Louvre
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Before this film no one else was ever permitted to film inside the Louvre. Set against the panoramic history of France, the priceless treasures and incomparable art are shared through the eyes of award-winning filmmaker Lucy Jarvis.
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"Museum education staff have come to understand that in the final analysis it is the visitor - who comes to the museum experience with long-held expectations, beliefs, and values - who must be the center of their attention; hence the title The Manual of Museum Learning, which puts the focus on the visitor or the user of education programs. Recognizing that museum learning is a vital component of the lifelong learning process that increasingly shapes...
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"A broad approach to systematically organizing the management of costume collections to a diverse spectrum of audiences ranging from personal hobbyists, vintage dealers, museums, historical societies, university theaters, and study collections while adhering to the needs of the Costume Society of America"--Provided by publisher.
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"A childrens museum is one of the most exciting places in a community. In this new fiction title, a colorful cast of character visits a local childrens museum. Readers join in on the fun as the narrator and their family learn about bugs, rocks, and more. Age-appropriate language and detailed illustrations bring this fun narrative to life. By the end of this book, readers will want to go to the museum in their community, too!"--Amazon.com.
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Renzo Piano Museums presents a portfolio of eighteen museum projects, beginning with the revolutionary Pompidou Center in Paris and continuing to the most current designs for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo. Featured are the Menil Collection in Houston, the Beyeler Foundation on the outskirts of Basel, Switzerland, the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, the High Museum...
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"In this deeply researched, immersive history, Adam Kuper tells the story of how foreign and prehistoric peoples and cultures were represented in Western museums of anthropology. Originally created as colonial enterprises, their halls were populated by displays of plundered art, artifacts, dioramas, bones, and relics. Kuper reveals the politics and struggles of trying to build these museums in Germany, France, and England in the mid-19th century,...
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Reflecting critically on the current condition of museums and their possible futures, Stephen E. Weil argues that cultural institutions need to free themselves from a fascination with technique and process to concentrate more intently on purpose. He contends that to succeed, or merely survive, a museum must be able to project clear goals that its supporting community finds of value and must demonstrate its competence to achieve those goals on a sustainable...
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"Whose Muse? Art Museums and the Public Trust brings together six directors of leading American and British art museums who offer forward-looking alternatives to such prevailing views. While their approaches differ, certain themes recur: As museums have become increasingly complex and costly to manage, and as government support has waned, the temptation is great to follow policies driven not by a mission but by the market. However, the directors concur...
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