Creating the visitor-centered museum. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Samis, Mimi Michaelson.
• Authors: Samis, Peter S; Michaelson, Mimi
• Contents: Acknowledgments Part One: Introduction 1. Considering the Visitor 2. Change Takes Leadership 3. Contours of Change Part Two: Case Studies I. Charting History 4. Denver Art Museum: Building a Sustainable Visitor-Centered Practice II. Engaging through Audience Immersion 5. City Museum: The Power of Play 6. Ruhr Museum: Connecting Through Adaptive Reuse and Design 7. Minnesota History Center: Lessons from a Learning Team III. Re-invigorating Traditional Museums 8. Detroit: Re-inventing a Landmark Museum with and for Visitors 9. Oakland Museum of California: Including a Diverse Public 10. Columbus Museum of Art: Museum as Community Living Room IV. Creating Social Change 11. Kelvingrove: Museum as Cultural Commons V. Taking a Critical Stance on Museum Practice 12. Van Abbe Museum: Radicality Meets Hospitality 13. MCA Denver: Art Experience Over Art Objects Part Three: Conclusion: Varieties of Visitor-Centeredness and Change Appendices Bibliography Photo credits Endnotes
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 069; Museums; Museum visitors -- Services for; Museum techniques
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315530994
• Related ISBNs: 9781315531007; 9781315530987; 9781315531014
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