Main entry:

Weil, Stephen E.

Title & Author:

Making museums matter / Stephen E. Weil.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, [2002]
©2002

Description:

xiii, 273 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Marc Pachter -- The museum in pursuit of excellence. Organization-wide quality : a theory of museums and immodest proposal ; (F)FeTMu ; From being about something to being for somebody : the ongoing transformation of the American museum ; Fantasy islands ; Museums : can and do they make a difference? -- New words, familiar music : the museum as social enterprise ; Transformed from a cemetery of bric-a-brac -- The museum as a workplace. The distinctive numerator ; A parable of rocks and reasons ; Romance versus realism : a reflection on the nature of museums ; Museum publishing : some revolutions in progress ; If content is out, aesthetics must be in ; The museum at the end of time ; Collecting then, collecting today : what's the difference? ; Twenty-one ways to buy art -- The museum as palace. Courtly ghosts and aristocratic artifacts ; Reduced to art ; John Cotton Dana's New museum -- The museum in the public sphere. The museum and the public ; The American legal response to the problem of Holocaust art ; Fair use and the visual arts : please leave some room for Robin Hood ; Cloning and copyright ; Fair use and museum use : how close is the overlap? ; Not money, control.

Summary:

The author has long been considered one of the museum community's most insightful commentators. In this volume of 29 essays, his overarching concern is that museums be able to "earn their keep" in an environment of potentially shrinking resources.

ISBN:

1588340252 (alk. paper)
9781588340252 (alk. paper)
1588340007 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781588340009 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Museums Philosophy.
Museums Administration.
Museums United States Philosophy.
Museums United States Management.
Museums Management.
Musées Philosophie.
Musées Gestion.
Musées États-Unis Philosophie.
Musées États-Unis Gestion.
museum administration.
Musea.
Sociale situatie.
Museumbeheer.
Museus.
Administração de museus.
Museus (filosofia)
Musée.
Gestion.
Philosophie.
Aspect social.
United States
États-Unis.
Musées Philosophie Gestion États-Unis Musea Sociale situatie Museumbeheer Aspect social Museus Administração de museus Museus (filosofia).

Form/genre:

Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224467
Call No.: AM7 .W3925 2002
Status: Available