Museology & heritage studies Books

""The Old Basque Tombstones of Placentia"" is a historical book written by Michael Francis Howley in 1902. The book provides a detailed account of the Basque tombstones found in Placentia, Newfoundland. The author delves into the history of the Basque...

The use of new media in the service of cultural heritage is a fast growing field, known variously as virtual or digital heritage. New Heritage, under this denomination, broadens the definition of the field to address the complexity of cultural heritage...

Nominated for the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in non-fiction This volume examines peace museums, a small and important (but often overlooked) series of museums whose numbers have multiplied world-wide in recent decades. They relate stories...

Places of Pain and Shame is a cross-cultural study of sites that represent painful and/or shameful episodes in a national or local community's history, and the ways that government agencies, heritage professionals and the communities themselves seek to...

What are the implications of digital representation on intellectual property and ownership of cultural heritage? Are aspirations to preservation and accessibility in the digital space reconcilable with cultural taboos, colonized history, and cultural...

Via the Smithsonian Institution, an exploration of the growing friction between the research and outreach functions of museums in the 21st century.Describing participant observation and historical research at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural...

A characteristic trait of the maritime museums is that they are often located in a contemporary and/or historical environment from which the collections and narratives originate. The museum can thereby be directly linked to the site and its history. It...

Das Buch ""Denkm�����ler aus der Feudalzeit im Lande Uri: Das Kasten von Attinghausen (1884)"" von Heinrich Zeller-Werdm�����ller besch�����ftigt sich mit historischen Bauten und Denkm�����lern im Kanton Uri in der Schweiz. Insbesondere wird das Kasten...

Das Buch ""Denkm�����ler aus �����gypten und �����thiopien: Nach den Zeichnungen der von Seiner Majest�����t dem K������nig von Preu�����en Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1849)"" von Richard Lepsius ist eine umfangreiche Sammlung von Zeichnungen und...

De Gallica Tertio Decimo Seculo Statuaria est liber auctore De Curzon, Henrico, editus anno MDCCCLXXXVIII. In hoc libro, auctor describit statuas quae in Gallia saeculo tertio decimo factae sunt. De Curzon historiam statuarum, earumque formam ac...

Museums and Sites of Persuasion examines the concept of museums and memory sites as locations that attempt to promote human rights, democracy and peace. Demonstrating that such sites have the potential to act as powerful spaces of persuasion or...

The Museum of Babel: Meditations on the Metahistorical Turn in Museography is an enlightening, transatlantic reading of contemporary exhibits of the museum's own past. Thurner argues that the ghosts of the museum's past evoked in these exhibits maps...

Connecting Museums explores the boundaries of museums and how external relationships are affected by internal commitments, structures and traditions. Focusing on museums' relationship with heath, inclusion, and community, the book provides a detailed...

Discover the stunning artwork housed in the Royal Gallery in Venice with this beautifully illustrated catalogue. Featuring full-color photographs and detailed descriptions of each piece, this book provides a comprehensive look at the gallery's impressive...

Dieser Führer gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die bedeutendsten Ausstellungsstücke im Bayerischen Nationalmuseum in München. Das Museum beherbergt eine Sammlung von Kunstwerken und historischen Artefakten aus der Geschichte Bayerns und Europas. Der...

Un guide illustré de l'art et des peintures exposées au Musée Condé à Chantilly, en France. Le livre offre une présentation complète des œuvres d'art exposées, y compris des descriptions détaillées et des contextes historiques et artistiques.This work...

While most studies on Korean nationalism centre on textual analysis, Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism offers a different approach. It looks at expositions, museums and the urban built environment at particular moments in both colonial and...

Museums and art galleries are fascinating windows into the past; they provide us with a fresh perspective from which to examine the chronicles of human civilization, artistic achievement, and cultural development. These establishments, which are...

Le livre ""Biblioth�����que Japonaise: Catalogue Raisonn����� des Livres et des Manuscrits Japonais (1896)"" est �����crit par L. Serrurier. Il s'agit d'un catalogue complet de livres et de manuscrits japonais, publi����� en 1896. Le livre contient des...

""Beschreibung der Skulpturen aus Pergamon V1: Gigantomachie"" ist ein Buch, das im Jahr 1895 von den K������niglichen Museen zu Berlin ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch befasst sich mit den Skulpturen aus der Gigantomachie, die aus der antiken Stadt...

""Beretning Om Den Almindelige Udstilling"" er en bok skrevet av Stift i Troms������ og utgitt i 1872. Boken gir en omfattende beskrivelse av den generelle utstillingen som ble holdt i Christiania i 1872. Den beskriver utstillingens ulike avdelinger og...

Das Buch ""Beitr�����ge zur Geschichte der dekorativen Skulptur in den Niederlanden"" wurde 1889 von Richard Graul ver������ffentlicht. Es ist eine umfassende Studie �����ber die Geschichte der dekorativen Skulptur in den Niederlanden und bietet einen...

""Bedenkingen Op De Nederlandsche Schilderschool"" (1855) is een boek geschreven door Eugen Zetternam. Het boek is een kritische beschouwing van de Nederlandse schilderschool uit de 19e eeuw. Zetternam analyseert de verschillende stijlen en technieken...

""Beitr�����ge zur mecklenburgischen Kunstgeschichte"" ist ein Buch von Friedrich Sarre, das im Jahr 1890 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit der Kunstgeschichte Mecklenburgs und enth�����lt Beitr�����ge zu verschiedenen Themen...

Il libro ""Bandiere, Stendardi E Vessilli Dei Conti E Duchi Di Savoia (1896)"" di Di Sonnaz, Alberto Di Gerbaix ����� una raccolta di immagini e descrizioni delle bandiere, stendardi e vessilli utilizzati dai Conti e Duchi di Savoia. Il testo ����� stato...

William Dyce's letter on the formation and management of the National Gallery offers a fascinating insight into the early years of one of the world's most famous art collections. Dyce's passion for art and meticulous analysis of the Gallery's management...

As one of the nation's premier art museums, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts is home to some of the world's most renowned masterpieces. This detailed catalogue offers a fascinating look at the museum's collections, as well as its rich history and culture...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Heritage gardens create huge management headaches. How does one preserve a garden designed for the enjoyment of the few when the advent of the many grinds it away to nothing? The answer, as presented in Heritage Gardens is a subterfuge: preserve the...

Museum and art galleries have never been so much in the news as they have been over the past decade. Yet public focus at both professional and non-specialist levels has been remarkable for what has been accidentally or deliberatley left out of recent...

This book provides an overview of disability exceptions to copyright infringement and the international and human rights legal framework for disability rights and exceptions. The focus is on those exceptions as they apply to visual art, while the book...

Drawing on unique multi-arts, multi-city scholarly research, Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts makes a timely and urgent contribution to debates about the place of arts and culture in contemporary society. 　The authors critically...

Twenty-first-century views of historical violence have been immeasurably influenced by cultural representations of the Second World War. Within Europe, one of the key sites for such representation has been the vast array of museums and memorials that...

The Handbook to the Bowes Museum of Japanese Art-Work, Streatlam Towers, Liverpool is a book written by James Lord Bowes and published in 1894. The book serves as a guide to the Bowes Museum, which is dedicated to Japanese art and is located in Streatlam...

Grand Feu Ceramics: A Practical Treatise On The Making Of Fine Porcelain And Gres (1905) is a comprehensive guide to the art and science of creating high-quality ceramics. Written by Taxile Doat, a renowned French ceramicist and teacher, the book covers...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Le livre ""Armorial Des Cardinaux Archeveques Et Eveques: Contemporains De France Avec 86 Ecussons Graves (1887)"" publi����� par Retaux-Bray est un recueil d'�����cussons grav�����s repr�����sentant les armoiries des cardinaux, archev������ques et...

""Atrav�����s da Cidade de �����vora: Ou Apontamentos Sobre a Cidade de �����vora e Seus Monumentos"" ����� um livro escrito por Manoel Caetano da C�����mara em 1900. O livro apresenta uma descri����������o completa da cidade de �����vora, localizada no...

""Anleitung zur Kunstkennerschaft: oder Kunst in drei Stunden ein Kenner zu werden"" ist ein Buch von J. H. Detmold aus dem Jahr 1834. Das Buch ist eine Anleitung f�����r Kunstliebhaber, die in kurzer Zeit ein Verst�����ndnis f�����r Kunst und ihre...

Etudes Ceramiques (1850) de Ziegler, Jules est un livre sur la c�����ramique qui a �����t����� publi����� en 1850. Il s'agit d'une �����tude approfondie des diff�����rentes techniques de fabrication de la c�����ramique, ainsi que de l'histoire de la...

Le livre ""Un Chapiteau De L'Eglise Saint-Pierre De Caen Etude Archeologique Et Litteraire (1887)"" �����crit par Gaste, Armand est une �����tude approfondie sur le chapiteau de l'�����glise Saint-Pierre de Caen. L'auteur, un arch�����ologue et un...

Women and Contemporary Art in the Gulf offers a unique focus on the roles of women in contemporary art, cultural production and arts institutions in the Gulf.Drawing on in-person experiences of the art and sites discussed, as well as research on regional...

Artist Rebecca Keller started making site-specific interventions in an anatomy theatre in Estonia in 2006. The project has since become a course, a collective, and a series of artist exhibitions in historic sites in the United States and Europe...

Surveying over thirty different positions in the museum profession, this is the essential guide for anyone considering entering the field, or a career change within it. From exhibition designer to shop manager, this comprehensive survey views the...

Handbook for Museums provides basic information for people working in the museum world. Formed around a commitment to professionalism in museum practice, the sections provide basic information on management, security, conservation and education, and...