Beyond the turnstile : making the case for museums and sustainable values / [edited by] Selma Holo & Mari-Tere Álvarez

Published: Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, [2009]
Copyright Date: ©2009
Physical Description: xix, 202 pages ; 26 cm
Additional Creators: Holo, Selma and Alvarez, Mari-Tere

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Contents

Public trust -- The primacy of our collections -- Relevance -- Inclusion -- Globalization : finding and claiming your niche -- Creativity and experimentation -- New alliances -- Authentic experience -- Generation and dissemination of knowledge -- Communication.

Summary

"The eminent contributors to this volume provide museum leaders with a different set of criteria for evaluating the success of their museums, proposing a set of sustainable values that can help museums preserve themselves and advance their social mission in hard times - and help them thrive when times improve. While attendance and money will continue to count and be counted in our museums, numbers alone can never drive sustainable success. Only the unique dynamic identity that a museum can claim will do that."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN

9780759112216 (cloth : alk. paper)
0759112215 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759119154 (electronic : alk. paper)
0759119155 (electronic : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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