Description: Further DetailsTitle: Museum Collection EthicsCondition: NewSubtitle: Acquisition, Stewardship, and InterpretationISBN-10: 1538135191EAN: 9781538135198ISBN: 9781538135198Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 03/03/2020Description: Collection ethics – the third rail of the museum profession. What are the encompassing issues museum face regarding how they acquire, keep and work with their collections? Museum Collection Ethics discusses the complexities inherent in preserving and interpreting the extraordinary range of culturally significant objects entrusted to museums. The book presents an encompassing look at every aspect of the intellectual and stewardship duties museums by definition assume. The differences between ethics, laws, customs, and expectations are discussed. They are not synonymous. Ethics vary widely and are fluid. Essential factors include: ·Defining a museum as an ethical pursuit·The role of museum governing authorities regarding ethics·The ethics of collection authority: who is responsible for collection truths·How museums collect and how ethics influences that activity·The ethics of assuring collection authenticity·The ethical access to collections, be it physical or digital·Ethics and conservation·Exhibition ethics·The ethics of collection removals be they voluntary or involuntaryThis is the first book devoted solely to the ethical concerns museums face regarding their collections.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 231mmItem Length: 159mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 522gAuthor: Steven MillerGenre: Business & FinanceTopic: Language & ReferenceRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Museum Collection Ethics
Title: Museum Collection Ethics
Subtitle: Acquisition, Stewardship, and Interpretation
ISBN-10: 1538135191
EAN: 9781538135198
ISBN: 9781538135198
Release Date: 03/03/2020
Release Year: 2020
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Business & Finance
Topic: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 222 Pages
Publication Name: Museum Collection Ethics : Acquisition, Stewardship, and Interpretation
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: Museum Administration & Museology, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Steven Miller
Subject Area: Travel, Business & Economics
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
