Museum and Gallery Studies: The Basics

by Rhiannon Mason, Alistair Robinson, Emma Coffield

Book Overview

Museum and Gallery Studies: The Basics is an accessible guide for the student approaching Museum and Gallery Studies for the first time. Taking a global view, it covers the key ideas, approaches and contentious issues in the field. Balancing theory and practice, the book address important questions such as:

What are museums and galleries?

Who decides which kinds of objects are worthy of collection?

How are museums...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415834554
• ISBN13: 9780415834551
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"