Main entry:

Black, Graham, author.

Title & Author:

The engaging museum : developing museums for visitor involvement / Graham Black.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Description:

xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

Heritage

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-301) and index.
Introduction : meeting the demands placed on the twenty-first century museum -- Sect. 1. Museum audiences : their nature, needs and expectations -- 1. 'Traditional' museum audiences : a quantitative and qualitative analysis -- 2. Developing new audiences -- Sect. 2. Operating for quality -- 3. Stimulating the visit -- 4. Visitor services : operating for quality -- Sect. 3. Learning in museums -- 5. Museums and lifelong learning -- 6. Use of museums by schools -- Sect. 4. Planned to engage : using interpretation to develop museum displays and associated services -- 7. Applying the principles of interpretation to museum display -- 8. Interpretive master planning -- 9. Concept development for museum galleries -- 10. The engaging museum.

Summary:

This very practical book guides museums on how to create the highest quality experience possible for their visitors.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0415345561
9780415345569
041534557X (pbk.)
9780415345576 (pbk.)

Subject:

Heimatmuseum der Gemeinde Gründau
Historisches Museum Frankfurt Museumspädagogik
Museum attendance Evaluation.
Museum exhibits Evaluation.
Museums Environmental aspects.
Museums Marketing.
Museums Management.
Museum techniques.
Museum visitors.
Interpretation of cultural and natural resources.
Cultural property Protection.
Cultural property Management.
Historic sites Management.
Museums Educational aspects.
Musées Fréquentation Évaluation.
Objets exposés Évaluation.
Musées Aspect éducatif.
Musées Marketing.
Musées Gestion.
Muséologie.
Visiteurs de musée.
Interprétation du patrimoine.
Patrimoine culturel Protection.
Patrimoine culturel Gestion.
Lieux historiques Gestion.
Musées Aspect de l'environnement.
museology.
museum administration.
20.12 art museums.
Museumsorganisation
Ausstellung
Bedürfnisorientierung
Benutzerforschung
Besucherverhalten
Gestaltung
Museumspädagogik
Musea.
Bezoekers.
Tentoonstellingen.
Management.
Museumkunde.
Éducation muséale.
Fréquentation.
Musée.
Objet exposé
Aspect pédagogique.
Marketing.
Bien culturel.
Protection du patrimoine.
Interprétation.
Service à la clientèle.

Added entries:

Heritage.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242129
Call No.: BIB 171931
Status: Available