Steven Miller

Broschiertes Buch

Unresoloved Museum Issues: A Voice from the Inside 1985 to Now

Beschreibung

UNRESOLVED MUSEUM ISSUES: a voice from the inside - 1985 to now Museums enjoy considerable media attention these days. Much is pleasant. Examples include creating a new museum, expanding an existing one, hiring a distinguished staff person, acquiring a stellar collection, receiving a major financial contribution, and opening an important exhibition. But press coverage can also be about difficulties. When curiously unresolved, loudly controversial, or, debated ad infinitum, they are referred to as issues. Most are brought to the public's attention by museum outsiders. Insiders with complaints about museums tend to be discrete. This book is a collection of essays flouting the practice. They were written by a deeply esperienced museum practitioner and scholar over the past forty years. IEach discusses issues of importance to museum operations, governance, and public service.

Autor

Steven Miller began his museum career in 1971. He has served as a curator, administrator, director, trustee, author, consultant, and museum studies educator. Having retired in 2018 he now writes on various museum profession topics. During his career he held leadership positions in six major museums in the northeastern United States. Miller holds a BA in sculpture (with honors) from Bard College, and, an international graduate certificate in the principles of conservation science from the International Centre for the Study of the Conservation and Preservation of Cultural Property, Rome, Italy. For sixteen years he was an adjunct professor with the Seton Hall University MA Program in Museum Professions, South Orange, NJ. He also taught museum studies as the New School for Social Research, NY, NY and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. He has contributed scores of articles, reviews, editorial comments, and blogs for museum profession publications and the general media. He serves on the board of trustees of the Center for the Conservation of Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, and the art committee of the Phillips Mill Community Association, New Hope, PA. His books include: The Anatomy of a Museum: An Insider's Text, Wiley Blackwell, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2018; Deaccessioning Today: Theory and Practice, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2018; How to Get a Museum Job, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2019; Museum Collection Ethics: Acquisition, Stewardship, and Interpretation, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2020. Museum Collecting Lessons: Stories From the Inside, Rutledge Press (Taylor & Francis), 2022.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bookbaby
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798350998412
• Artikelnr.: 74317476