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STEVEN MILLER is the Executive Director of Boscobel Restoration, Inc., Garrison NY and Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University MA Program in Museum Professions. He has been in the museum field for over four decades as a curator, director, educator, consultant and writer, and has held leadership positions with six major American history museums. He has written extensively on museum topics.

Inhalt

Foreword vii

Introduction 1

1 What is a Museum? 5

2 Museum Governance 15

3 Museum Directing 29

4 Curating=Connoisseurship=Collecting 45

5 Managing in Museums 65

6 Audience: A Matter of Definition 109

7 Fundraising 117

8 Collection Management 131

9 Museum Education 139

10 Numbers 145

11 Conservation: The Preservation Imperative 155

12 Exhibitions: Show and Tell 167

13 Maintenance and Security 183

14 Museums and the Media 201

15 Architecture 207

16 Volunteers 221

17 Behavior 227

18 Museum Ethics 241

19 What's Next for Museums? 255

Appendix I: A Course Final 263

Index 267