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Pollutants in the Museum Environment: Practical Strategies for Problem Solving in Design, Exhibition and Storage
ISBN: 9781873132968 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The focus of this book is on pollutants in the museum environment, their sources, how they can harm works of art, and what to do about it.
The focus of this book is on pollutants in the museum environment, their sources, how they can harm works of art, and what to do about it.
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259,83 |
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Managing Preservation for Libraries and Archives: Current Practice and Future Developments
ISBN: 9780754607052 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The preservation of library and archival materials can encompass everything from bookbinding and paper repair to new techniques for maintaining and exploiting digital text, sound or images. Managing Preservation for Libraries and Archives brings together an international team of contributors presenting the latest findings on key areas of preservation and addressing the most common storage and retrieval problems for different types of media. The authors also revisit traditional preservation and conservation approaches and suggest how to develop policies for the future. First summarising...
The preservation of library and archival materials can encompass everything from bookbinding and paper repair to new techniques for maintaining and ex...
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661,20 |
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Spirit of the Place: From Mauthausen to Moma
ISBN: 9789639776333 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating journey into the often unsettling and shadowy worlds of public memory and memorializing in Europe and the United States of America. Inspired and insightful readings of museums, monuments, libraries and other memory-spaces that help to rethink many contemporary orthodoxies about recollective practices, cultural heritage and the very relationship between past, present and future. Expresses the complex relationship between history, media, arts, politics and culture. Gyorgy gives first hand account, analysis and criticism about places of memory, with photos accompanying the text....
A fascinating journey into the often unsettling and shadowy worlds of public memory and memorializing in Europe and the United States of America. Insp...
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608,35 |
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Museum Materialities: Objects, Engagements, Interpretations
ISBN: 9780415492171 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an innovative interdisciplinary book about objects and people within museums and galleries. It addresses fundamental issues of human sensory, emotional and aesthetic experience of objects. The chapters explore ways and contexts in which things and people mutually interact, and raise questions about how objects carry meaning and feeling, the distinctions between objects and persons, particular qualities of the museum as context for person-object engagements, and the active and embodied role of the museum visitor. Museum Materialities is divided into three... This is an innovative interdisciplinary book about objects and people within museums and galleries. It addresses fundamental issues of human sensor... |
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759,15 |
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Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq
ISBN: 9781843834830 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the 2011 James R. Wiseman Book Award. Discussion of the issues surrounding the destruction of cultural property in times of conflict has become a key issue for debate around the world. This book provides an historical statement as of 1st March 2006 concerning the destruction of the cultural heritage in Iraq. In a series of chapters it outlines the personal stories of a number of individuals who were - and in most cases continue to be - involved. These individuals are involved at all levels, and come from various points along the political spectrum, giving a rounded and balanced...
Winner of the 2011 James R. Wiseman Book Award. Discussion of the issues surrounding the destruction of cultural property in times of conflict has bec...
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132,18 |
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Disaster Management in Archives, Libraries, and Museums
ISBN: 9780754672739 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This important book assesses the current state of disaster management in archives, libraries and museums in the UK and around the world, and provides recommendations for addressing current and future threats. Following an introductory outline of the topic and terminology, the authors provide a short history of the development of disaster management in the cultural heritage sector. They illustrate a basic framework for effective disaster management by reviewing disaster control plan practice from around the world. Through examining and identify the key issues affecting disaster management in...
This important book assesses the current state of disaster management in archives, libraries and museums in the UK and around the world, and provides ...
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783,64 |
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Role of Museums & Libraries in Strengthening Communities
ISBN: 9781606929810 / Angielski / Twarda / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focuses on background, funding, and issues dealing with arts, humanities, and museum services and especially on their roles in strengthening communities.
Focuses on background, funding, and issues dealing with arts, humanities, and museum services and especially on their roles in strengthening communiti...
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259,53 |
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Holding It All Together: Ancient and Modern Approaches to Joining, Repair and Consolidation
ISBN: 9781904982470 / Angielski / Miękka / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains written versions of presentations given at a two-day meeting held in the Clore Education Centre of the British Museum on 21 and 22 February 2008.
This volume contains written versions of presentations given at a two-day meeting held in the Clore Education Centre of the British Museum on 21 and 2...
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317,58 |
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The Lost Chalice: The Real-Life Chase for One of the World's Rarest Masterpieces--A Priceless 2,500-Year-Old Artifact Depicting the Fall
ISBN: 9780061558290 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A riveting story of tomb robbers and antiquities smugglers, high-stakes auctioneers and the princely chiefs of the world's most prestigious museums....A terrific read, from start to finish."
--James L. Swanson, New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt An Oxford-trained archaeologist and award-winning journalist based in Rome, Vernon Silver brings us The Lost Chalice, the electrifying true story of the race to secure a priceless, 2,500-year-old cup depicting the fall of Troy--a lost treasure crafted by Euphronios, an artist widely considered "the... "A riveting story of tomb robbers and antiquities smugglers, high-stakes auctioneers and the princely chiefs of the world's most prestigious museums.....
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80,88 |
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Museum Economics and the Community
ISBN: 9780485900026 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second volume in this series focuses upon the relationship between a museum service and its community, viewed from a range of national and international perspectives, and concentrating upon new work and new political parameters. The papers include a substantial analysis of museum operations from an economic standpoint, drawing upon research into the report of the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish on the local economy.
The second volume in this series focuses upon the relationship between a museum service and its community, viewed from a range of national and interna...
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824,88 |
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Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: The Crisis of Cultural Authority
ISBN: 9780415879606 / Angielski / Twarda / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the late 1970s human remains in museum collections have been subject to claims and controversies, such as demands for repatriation by indigenous groups who suffered under colonization. These requests have been strongly contested by scientists who research the material and consider it unique evidence. This book charts the influences at play on the contestation over human remains and examines the construction of this problem from a cultural perspective. It shows that claims on dead bodies are not confined to once colonized groups. A group of British Pagans, Honouring... Since the late 1970s human remains in museum collections have been subject to claims and controversies, such as demands for repatriation by indigen... |
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773,33 |
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Controlling the Past, Owning the Future: The Political Uses of Archaeology in the Middle East
ISBN: 9780816527953 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What are the political uses--and misuses--of archaeology in the Middle East? In answering this question, the contributors to this volume lend their regional expertise to a variety of case studies, including the Taliban's destruction of Buddhas in Afghanistan, the commercialization of archaeology in Israel, the training of Egyptian archaeology inspectors, and the debate over Turkish identity sparked by the film Troy, among other provocative subjects. Other chapters question the ethical justifications of archaeology in places that have "alternative engagements with the material past." In the...
What are the political uses--and misuses--of archaeology in the Middle East? In answering this question, the contributors to this volume lend their re...
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274,27 |
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Representing the Sporting Past in Museums and Halls of Fame
ISBN: 9780415883757 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We live in a museum age, and sport museums are part of this phenomenon. In this book, leading international sport history scholars examine sport museums including renowned institutions like the Olympic Museum in the Swiss city of Lausanne, the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum in Baltimore, the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum in London, the Croke Park Museum in Dublin, and the Whyte Museum in Banff. These institutions are examined in a broad context of understanding sport museums as an identifiable genre in the museum age, and more specifically in terms of how the sporting past is represented in...
We live in a museum age, and sport museums are part of this phenomenon. In this book, leading international sport history scholars examine sport museu...
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783,64 |
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Cultural Heritage, Ethics, and the Military
ISBN: 9781843835387 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the ethical dilemma of whether, and how, archaeologists and other experts should work with the military to protect cultural property in times of conflict.
Examines the ethical dilemma of whether, and how, archaeologists and other experts should work with the military to protect cultural property in times...
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416,30 |
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Exhibiting Madness in Museums: Remembering Psychiatry Through Collections and Display
ISBN: 9780415880923 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While much has been written on the history of psychiatry, remarkably little has been written about psychiatric collections or curating. Exhibiting Madness in Museums offers a comparative history of independent and institutional collections of psychiatric objects in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom. Leading scholars in the field investigate collectors, collections, their display, and the reactions to exhibitions of the history of insanity. Linked to the study of medical museums this work broadens the study of the history of psychiatry by investigating the significance and...
While much has been written on the history of psychiatry, remarkably little has been written about psychiatric collections or curating. Exhibiting Mad...
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824,88 |
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Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums
ISBN: 9781591587712 / Angielski / Miękka / 175 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums" is a provocative book, one that is designed to offer courage to cultural institution administrators and staff even as it opens their eyes to the possibility that their facilities can offer more than they are. Rather than offering prescriptive answers, the author invites readers to consider museums and libraries in fresh ways. Author David Carr believes professionals in libraries and museums need to think more broadly. He challenges them to address communities, national social change, psychology, and learning, and to think... "Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums" is a provocative book, one that is designed to offer courage to cultural institution... |
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201,06 |
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The Museum Experience
ISBN: 9781611320275 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the first book to take a "visitor's eye view" of the museum visit, The Museum Experience revolutionized the way museum professionals understand their constituents. Falk and Dierking integrate their original research from a wide variety of disciplines as well as visitor studies from institutions ranging from science centers and zoos to art and natural history museums. Written in clear, non-technical style, The Museum Experience paints a thorough picture of why people go to museums, what they do there, how they learn, and what museum practitioners can do to enhance these experiences. This...
As the first book to take a "visitor's eye view" of the museum visit, The Museum Experience revolutionized the way museum professionals understand the...
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200,76 |
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The Joys of Collecting
ISBN: 9781606060872 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published: New York: Hawthorn Books, 1965.
Originally published: New York: Hawthorn Books, 1965.
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46,35 |
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Museums and Maori: Heritage Professionals, Indigenous Collections, Current Practice
ISBN: 9781611320763 / Angielski / Twarda / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This groundbreaking book explores the revolution in New Zealand museums that is influencing the care and exhibition of indigenous objects around the world.
This groundbreaking book explores the revolution in New Zealand museums that is influencing the care and exhibition of indigenous objects around the w...
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808,12 |
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Museums and Maori: Heritage Professionals, Indigenous Collections, Current Practice
ISBN: 9781611320770 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This groundbreaking book explores the revolution in New Zealand museums that is influencing the care and exhibition of indigenous objects around the world.
This groundbreaking book explores the revolution in New Zealand museums that is influencing the care and exhibition of indigenous objects around the w...
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225,25 |
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