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Small museums face the same challenges as large museums on a
tighter budget and with fewer resources. Navigating these obstacles
requires strong leadership and effective governance. The creation
and use of planning documents and a clear mission and vision are
essential to pursuing the long-term health of an organization. This
book features concise, grounded approaches to finding and
articulating the mission and vision of a small museum. Because a
few tools have been invaluable to small museum leaders, the book
also highlights the MAP and CAP assessment process, accreditation,
and provides an overview of the StEPs program.
In small community museums, truck stops, restaurants, bars,
barbershops, schools, and churches, people create displays to tell
the histories that matter to them. Much of this history is
personal: family history, community history, history of a trade, or
the history of something considered less than genteel. It is often
history based on the historical record, but also based on feelings,
beliefs, and memory. It is neglected history. Private History in
Public is about those history exhibits that complicate the
public/private dichotomy, exhibits that serve to explain
communities, families, and individuals to outsiders and tie
insiders together through a shared narrative of historical
experience. Tammy S. Gordon looks beyond the large professionalized
museum exhibits that have dominated scholarship in museum studies
and public history and offers a new way of understanding the broad
spectrum of exhibition types in the United States.
In small community museums, truck stops, restaurants, bars,
barbershops, schools, and churches, people create displays to tell
the histories that matter to them. Much of this history is
personal: family history, community history, history of a trade, or
the history of something considered less than genteel. It is often
history based on the historical record, but also based on feelings,
beliefs, and memory. It is neglected history. Private History in
Public is about those history exhibits that complicate the
public/private dichotomy, exhibits that serve to explain
communities, families, and individuals to outsiders and tie
insiders together through a shared narrative of historical
experience. Tammy S. Gordon looks beyond the large professionalized
museum exhibits that have dominated scholarship in museum studies
and public history and offers a new way of understanding the broad
spectrum of exhibition types in the United States.
Harold and Susan Skramstad, two of the field's most highly regarded
experts in museum management, outline the tools you and your board
need to handle the challenges facing museums today. A Handbook for
Museum Trustees was written to help museum trustees better
understand the "why" and the "how" of trusteeship, giving board
members and museum directors a thorough understanding of their
critical and non-negotiable duties. The book clearly identifies
areas of responsibility and offers valuable, how-to advice on board
discussion and decision-making, providing practical guidelines for
improving board practices and fine-tuning the work of the effective
board. "Not only will the tens of thousands of us who work in
museums benefit from A Handbook for Museum Trustees ," says Stephen
E. Weil, "so, too, will the millions more who pass through our
doors."
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