The International Handbooks of Museum Studies, 4 Volume Set - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405198508 ISBN 13: 9781405198509

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015

Synopsis

The International Handbooks of Museum Studies is a multi-volume reference work that represents a state-of-the-art survey of the burgeoning field of museum studies. Featuring original essays by leading international museum experts and emerging scholars, readings cover all aspects of museum theory, practice, debates, and the impact of technologies. The four volumes in the series, divided thematically, offer in-depth treatment of all major issues relating to museum theory; historical and contemporary museum practice; mediations in art, design, and architecture; and the transformations and challenges confronting the museum. In addition to invaluable surveys of current scholarship, the entries include a rich and diverse panoply of examples and original case studies to illuminate the various perspectives. Unprecedented for its in-depth topic coverage and breadth of scholarship, the multi-volume International Handbooks of Museum Studies is an indispensable resource for the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society.

About this title

About the Author:

General Editors:

Sharon Macdonald is Alexander von Humboldt Professor in Sociocultural Anthropology and European Ethnology at the Humboldt University, Berlin.

Helen Rees Leahy is Professor of Museology and Director of the Centre for Museology at the University of Manchester. 

 

Volume Editors:

Museum Theory
Andrea Witcomb is Professor and Director of the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asian and the Pacific at Deakin University, Australia.
Kylie Message is Associate Professor and Head of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University.

Museum Practice
Conal McCarthy is Associate Professor and Director of the Museum and Heritage Studies program at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Museum Media
Michelle Henning is Senior Lecturer in Photography and Visual Arts in the Media Department, School of Art, Design and Media at the University of Brighton.

Museum Transformations
Annie E. Coombes is Professor of Material and Visual Culture at Birkbeck, University of London.
Ruth B. Phillips is Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture and Professor of Art History at Carleton University, Canada.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1405198508
• ISBN 13: 9781405198509
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 2736
• Editor: Macdonald Sharon, Leahy Helen Rees, Witcomb Andrea, Message Kylie, McCarthy Conal, Henning Michelle, Coombes Annie E., Phillips Ruth B.