Product Description: Written over a thirty-five year career, the essays in Civilizing the Museum introduce students to the powerful, sometimes contested, and often unrealized notion that museums should welcome all because they house the collective memory of all...read more

Product Description: A book for all museum professionals, from the seasoned director to the student. Nine case studies of how museums have managed major change, and the effect such change has had on staff. Written from personal experience by senior staff from each museum, topics range from natural disaster to the death of a director, change in governance structure, merger, and fiscal collapse at institutions such as The New-York Historical Society, The Charleston (S...read more