In these 19 insightful and frequently witty meditations, Stephen E. Weil examines the purposes and functions of the museum in the late 20th century, proposing museums make encounters with a variety of visitors more central to their operation.

RETHINKING THE MUSEUM

Weil, Stephen E.

Business & Money

Smithsonian

In these 19 insightful and frequently witty meditations, Stephen E. Weil examines the purposes and functions of the museum in the late 20th century, proposing museums make encounters with a variety of visitors more central to their operation.

Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations

Arts & Photography

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press

Beauty and the beasts: On museums, art, the law, and the market

Art, Art Studies, Social Studies, Law

Beauty and the Beasts: On Museums, Art, the Law, and the Market

Travel

Smithsonian Inst. Pr.

This book is a collection of essays and speeches devoted to the philosophy of the museum as an institution in society; the interaction of museums and the law; and art, the law, and the marketplace.

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

Smithsonian Institution Press

Few issues that museums face are as complex as deaccessioning - the permanent removal of an accessioned object from a museum's collection. One must simultaneously consider such factors as mission and collections policy, legal and ethical restrictions, donors' wishes, and the public interest. This book is intended to assist those who are responsible for developing a deaccession program. Includes collections disposal policies from several museums, as well as statements from professional organizations, including AAM, AAMD, and AASLH.

A Deaccession Reader

American Alliance Of Museums

Stephen E. Weil has long been considered one of the museum community's most insightful (and frequently wittiest) commentators. In this volume of twenty-nine recent essays, his overarching concern is that museums be able to "earn their keep"-that they make themselves matter-in an environment of pontentially shrinking resources.

Making Museums Matter

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