Museum and Gallery Publishing: From Theory to Case Study

ISBN-13: 9780367727475 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 210 str.

Sarah Hughes

Opis

Examines the theory and practice of general and scholarly publishing associated with museum and art gallery collections. Focusing on the production and reception of these texts, the book explains the relevance of publishing to the cultural, commercial and social contexts of collections and their institutions.

Spis treści

Foreword  Preface  1. Why museum and art gallery publishing?  2. Where did it all start? Tracing the origins and development of museum and art gallery publishing  3. Following the money – income, brand and global reach  4. Where is my book? Books for curators, directors, artists, sponsors and collectors  5. Functioning at full intellectual tilt–publishing research and scholarship  6. When visitors become readers–museum audiences and books  7. At the threshold–researching museum and art gallery publishing  8. Reading the Runes—Futures for museum and art gallery publishing

O autorze

Sarah Anne Hughes is Senior Lecturer in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has previously worked in museums in Botswana and the USA, including at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, and holds a PhD in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester, UK.