What is a Museum? Ann Davis, André Desvallées, François Mairesse (ed.)

What is a Museum? von Ann Davis, André Desvallées, François Mairesse (ed.)

What is a Museum?  von Ann Davis, André Desvallées, François Mairesse (ed.)

This book addresses administrators and politicians, museum professionals and museologists likewise. It reflects the so-called ICOM "definition" of museum in a new light and gives an impression how visitors meet with museums.

Revised edition and English translation by Ann Davis and Lynn Maranda, and Suzanne Nash

© Verlag Dr. C. Müller-Straten München and the International Committee for Museology of the International Council of Museums, 2010

• Autor  diverse
• Herausgeber  Dr. Christian Müller-Straten & International Committee for Museology of the International Council of Museums
• Verlag Dr. Christian Müller-Straten, München www.museumaktuell.de
• ISBN  978-3-932704-81-9
• Auflage 2. korrigierte und erweiterte Auflage
• Erscheinungsdatum 02.2011
• Format DIN A5
• Seitenzahl 218
• Abbildungen 70 schwarz & weiss
• Altersempfehlung keine
• Sprache Englisch

Versand: A-Post Plus - B4

 

CONTENTS

Foreword
Michel Van Praët - The Paradox of the Seagull - 

Preface
Ann Davis

Introduction
François Mairesse, André Desvallées and Ann Davis - Redefining Museum, 

Part I: Defining Museum

• François Mairesse - The Term Museum
• Gary Edson - Defining Museum
• André Gob - A Museum Dialogue
• Lynn Maranda - On “Museum”
• Marc Maure - The Museum: Expressing Identity
• Tereza M. Scheiner - Defining Museum and Museology: an Ongoing Process
• Tomislav Šola - The Museum Definition: Questioning the Scope and Motives

Part II: Does the Calgary Declaration Redefine Museum?

• Bernard Deloche - Definition of Museum
• André Desvallées - About the Definition of Museum
• Jennifer Harris - The Definition of Museum
• Ivo Maroevic - Towards the New Definition of Museum
• Olga Nazor - Reflections on the Notion “Museum”
• Andrés Sansoni - Thoughts About an “Aletheia” of Museum
• Martin R. Schärer - What is a Museum?
• Marc Maure - How do visitors see the museum? A picture collection