Overview

Museums are at a critical moment in their history. In order to ensure survival into the next century, museums and galleries must demonstrate their social relevance and use. This means developing their public service functions through becoming more knowledgeable about the needs of their visitors and more adept at providing enjoyable and worthwhile experiences. Museums and Their Visitors aims to help museums and galleries in this crucial task. It examines the ways in which museums need to develop their communicative functions and, with examples of case-studies, explains how to achieve best practice. The special needs of a number of target audiences including schools, families and people with disabilities are outlined and illustrated by examples of exhibition, education and marketing policies. The book looks in detail at the power of objects to inspire and stimulate and analyses the use of language in museums and galleries. This is the first book to be written to guide museum and gallery staff in the development of provision for their visitors. It will be of interest to students of museum, heritage and leisure and tourism studies, as well as to international museum professionals.

Full Product Details

Author:   Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9780415513326

ISBN 10:   0415513324
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   04 November 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Forces for change; Chapter 2 Communication in theory and practice; Chapter 3 Who goes to museums?; Chapter 4 Research and evaluation; Chapter 5 Welcoming visitors; Chapter 6 Responding to visitor needs; Chapter 7 Language and texts; Chapter 8 Museums; Chapter 9 Managing museums for visitors;

Reviews

'Museums and their Visitors is informative, easy to read, and includes an extensive bibliography. I would urge museum studies coordinators to include it as an essential text.' -- Henry Gaughan, National Gallery of Victoria

Author Information

Eilean Hooper-Greenhill is a Lecturer in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. She is the author of Museum and Gallery Education and Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge.

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