Peter Samis, Mimi Michaelson

Broschiertes Buch

Creating the Visitor-Centered Museum

Beschreibung

What does the transformation to a visitor-centered approach do for a museum? How are museums made relevant to a broad range of visitors of varying ages, identities, and social classes? Does appealing to a larger audience force museums to "dumb down¿ their work? Based on a study of ten innovative American and European collections based museums, Samis and Michaelson answer these key questions. The book:¿ describes key institutions that have opened the doors to a wider range of visitors;¿ addresses the internal struggles to reorganize and democratize these institutions;¿ uses case studies, interviews and additional resources to help museum professionals implement a visitor-centered approach

Autor

Peter Samis is Associate Curator of Interpretation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has a BA from Columbia University and an M.A. in art history from U.C. Berkeley. Samis served as art historian/content expert for "American Visions," the first CD-ROM on modern art (1993-94), then spearheaded development of SFMOMA's award-winning Interactive Educational Technology programs. He has served as Adjunct Professor in the international graduate program for Technology-Enhanced Communication for Cultural Heritage (TEC-CH) at Switzerland's University of Lugano and on the advisory boards of numerous museum organizations and collaborative software initiatives. In recent years, he has focused on larger questions of museum interpretation, both analog and digital. Mimi Michaelson is an education and museum consultant. She has a doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University, where she studied creativity, youth activism, and cognitive development. As a former Project Zero manager, she has broad research experience, including as Senior Project Manager of Harvard's GoodWork project. She co-edited the New Directions volume, Supportive Frameworks for Youth Engagement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9781629581910
• ISBN-10: 1629581917
• Artikelnr.: 41797518