Beyond the Turnstile: Making the Case for Museums and Sustainable Values

by Selma Holo

Book Overview

Beyond the Turnstile argues that museums are indispensable to civil society, especially in an era in which museums often are reduced to cultural businesses or "edu-tainment" sites. Is it inevitable that a museum's success will be measured solely by how many people come through the door and how much money they spend? The eminent contributors to this volume provide museum leaders with a different set of criteria for evaluating the success of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759112215
• ISBN13: 9780759112216
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 10.0"