A Bibliography of Museum Studies

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by  Simon J. Knell

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MUSEUM STUDIES
This comprehensive guide to the full range of published material on
museums and collections will be invaluable to both students and museum
professionals.
The 4,254 references are systematically arranged in sections dealing with,
among other topics, collections management, communication and
exhibitions, museum education, material culture, the museums profession and
museums management.
Compiled from the unparalleled research and teaching resources of the
Department of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, this
redeveloped, revised and expanded edition of a long-established and widely
respected departmental publication is an essential resource for everyone
studying or working in museums and trying to come to grips with a large,
growing and widely dispersed literature. Whether you are developing a
disaster plan or a visitor survey, entering the profession or compiling a
national museums budget, it will be your only effective guide to the relevant
contemporary literature.
A Bibliography of Museum Studies
Compiled and Edited by
SIMON J. KNELL
Department of Museum Studies
University of Leicester
First published 1994 by Ashgate Publishing
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Leicester, as the Bibliography for Museum Studies Training. Tenth edition,
1991, entitled Museum Studies Bihliography.
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Bibliography of Museum Studies.-l1Rev.ed
I. Knell, Simon J.
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Knell, Simon J.
A bibliography of museum studies / Simon 1. Knell
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Contents
Preface ...................................................................................................... x
1 Museum Context. .................................................................................... 1
1.1 Museums -An Introduction ........................................................... 1
1.2 Museums UK ................................................................................. 3
1.3 Museums Western Europe ............................................................. 6
1.4 Museums America ......................................................................... 7
2 Collection Studies & Museum History ................................................... 9
2.1 General. .......................................................................................... 9
2.2 Britain ............................................................................................ 15
2.3 Europe ............................................................................................ 20
2.4 America .......................................................................................... 21
2.5 Asia & Australasia ......................................................................... 22
3 Material Culture ...................................................................................... 25
3.1 Theory ............................................................................................ 25
3.2 General. .......................................................................................... 32
3.3 Animal Derivative ......................................................................... 33
3.4 Cerarnic .......................................................................................... 34
3.5 Glass .............................................................................................. 35
3.6 Man-made ...................................................................................... 35
3.7 Metalwork ...................................................................................... 36
3.8 Painters' Materials .......................................................................... 37
3.9 Photography ................................................................................... 38
3.10 Printing .......................................................................................... 39
3.11 Stone .............................................................................................. 40
3.12 Textile ............................................................................................ 40
3.13 Vegetable ....................................................................................... 4 1
3.14 Woodwork ..................................................................................... 42
3.15 Fakes .............................................................................................. 43
4 Collection Management .......................................................................... 45
4.1 General. .......................................................................................... 45
4.2 Collecting & Acquisition ............................................................... 49
4.3 Disposal & Restitution ................................................................... 54
4.4 Legal Aspects of Acquisition & Disposal ..................................... 56
4.5 Documentation ............................................................................... 59
4.6 Computers & Computer Documentation ....................................... 64
4.7 Conservation Issues ....................................................................... 69
4.8 Conservation Practice .................................................................... 72
4.9 Conservation Laboratories ............................................................. 76
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4.10 Relative Humidity .......................................................................... 77
4.11 Light & Lighting ............................................................................ 81
4.12 Atmospheric Pollutants .................................................................. 83
4.13 Infestation ...................................................................................... 84
4.14 Storage & Access to Collections ................................................... 87
4.15 Handling, Packing & Transport.. ................................................... 89
4.16 Insurance & Indemnity .................................................................. 92
4.17 Disaster Planning ........................................................................... 94
4.18 Security ..................................................... , .................................... 97
5 Research .................................................................................................. 101
5.1 General ............................................................................................ 101
5.2 Environmental Recording .......................................................... :. ... 104
6 Communication & Exhibitions ............................................................... 107
6.1 Communication Theory .................................................................. 107
6.2 Visitor Studies ................................................................................ 119
6.3 Language & Texts .......................................................................... 126
6.4 Exhibition Theory and Practice ...................................................... 128
6.5 Exhibition Evaluation ..................................................................... 135
7 Museum Education ................................................................................. 141
7.1 Educational Role of Museums ........................................................ 141
7.2 Museum Education Theory ............................................................ 149
7.3 History of Museum Education ........................................................ 154
7.4 Museum Education & Children ...................................................... 157
7.5 Museum Education & Adults ......................................................... 160
8 Museum Services - Provision & Development ...................................... 163
8.1 Museums & Communities .............................................................. 163
8.2 Children's Museums ........................................................................ 170
8.3 Special Needs Provision ................................................................. 170
8.4 Science & Discovery Centres ......................................................... 174
8.5 Site Interpretation ........................................................................... 177
8.6 Enquiries ......................................................................................... 182
8.7 Publication ...................................................................................... 183
8.8 Restaurants ...................................................................................... 185
8.9 Shops .............................................................................................. 185
9 Professional & Institutional Context ...................................................... 187
9.1 Museums Profession ....................................................................... 187
9.2 Museum Professionalism ................................................................ 188
9.3 Codes of Conduct ........................................................................... 189
9.4 Institutional Standards .................................................................... 190
9.5 Governing Bodies ........................................................................... 193
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10 Museum Management ............................................................................ 195
10.1 Management in Museums .............................................................. 195
10.2 Policy, Planning & Perfonnance ................................................... 196
10.3 Managing People ........................................................................... 199
10.4 Financial Management .................................................................. 203
10.5 Managing Museum Sites ............................................................... 206
10.6 Project Management ...................................................................... 206
10.7 Marketing Museums ...................................................................... 207
11 Museum Buildings .................................................................................. 211
12 Information Sources ................................................................................ 217
12.1 Abstracts ........................................................................................ 217
12.2 Bibliographies ................................................................................ 217
12.3 Directories ...................................................................................... 218
12.4 Periodicals ...................................................................................... 220
Author Index ................................................................................................ 223
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Preface
A Bibliography of Museum Studies aims to provide a bibliographic source of
reference for those engaged in museum training and research, as well as those
museum workers, and others, who simply wish to access the contemporary
literature on museums. First published by the Department of Museum
Studies as the Bibliography for Museum Studies Training, it reached its tenth
edition in 1991 under the title Museum Studies Bibliography. For this, the
first Scolar edition, the content has been completely revised and re-organised,
and references are now systematically arranged into subject-based sections.
An author index has also been added. Many sections in this edition have
been greatly expanded and older references have been retained where it is felt
that they give historical context to modern developments or still remain
relevant to contemporary practice.
Museum studies now embraces a large body of research and no authoritative
bibliography can be the product of a single worker. This bibliography
reflects its many years of evolution and embodies the results of teaching and
research by all the Department's staff. I would like to thank the present team
- Professor Susan Pearce, Dr Eilean Hooper-Greenhill, Gaynor Kavanagh,
Kevin Moore and Janet Owen - for freely providing lists of references
currently used by them, and also former members of staff, particularly Anne
Fahy, Geoffrey Lewis, and Geoffrey Stansfield, who have contributed
considerably to the development of this work.
The Department of Museum Studies has long maintained an interest in
gathering together bibliographical information and publications relating to
museums and collections. Much of this information now forms the basis of
the Department's Museum Documentation Centre which is currently being
developed as a new research facility. In this objective we gratefully
acknowledge the assistance of the Museums & Galleries Commission.
I welcome comments and suggestions on the content of this bibliography.
Simon Knell
Department of Museum Studies
University of Leicester
105 Princess Road East
Leicester LEI 7LG
England
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1 Museum Context
1.1 Museums - An Introduction
Ambrose, T.M. (1993) Managing New Museums: A Guide to Good Practice,
HMSO/Scottish Museums Council.
Ambrose, T.M. (ed.) (1987) Education in Museums; Museums in Education,
HMSO/Scottish Museums Council.
Ambrose, T.M. (ed.) (1988) Working with Museums, HMSO/Scottish
Museums Council.
Ambrose, T.M. (ed.) (1991) Money, Money, Money and Museums,
HMSO/Scottish Museums Council.
Ambrose, T.M. & Paine, C. (1993) Museum Basics, Routledge, London.
Ambrose, T.M. & Runyard, S. (eds.) (1991) Forward Planning, Routledge,
London.
American Association of Museums (1992) Excellence and Equity:
Education and the Public Dimension of Museums, American
Association of Museums, Washington DC.
Annis, S. (1987) The museum as a staging ground for symbolic action,
Museum, 38(3),168-171.
Arnold, K. (1993) Mysterious museums and curious curators, Museums
Journal, 93(8), 20-21.
Cannizzo, J. (1987) How sweet it is: cultural politics in Barbados, Muse,
Winter, 22-27.
Edson, G. & Dean, D. (1994) The Handbook for Museums, Routledge,
London.
Falk, J. & Dierking, L. (1992) The Museum Experience, Whaleback Books,
Washington.
Goode, G.B. (1895) The principles of museum administration, Museums
Association Conference Proceedings, 69-79.
Greene, J.P. (1989) Museums for the year 2000: a case for continuous
revolution, Museums Journal, 88(4), 179-180.
Hebditch, M. (1991) Essential values, Museums Journal, 91(11), 29-31.
Hooper-Greenhill, E. (1992) Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge,
Routledge, London.
Hudson, K. (1987) Museums of Influence: The Pioneers of the Last 200
Years, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Hudson, K. & Nichols, A. (1989) Cambridge Guide to the Museums of
Britain and Ireland, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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