Product Description: Beyond the Turnstile argues that museums are indispensable to civil society, especially in an era in which museums often are reduced to cultural businesses or "edu-tainment" sites. Is it inevitable that a museum's success will be measured solely by how many people come through the door and how much money they spend? 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...read more

Product Description: The role of museums in creating national and local cultural and political identities. This detailed examination focuses on the artists and museums of Oaxaca, Mexico: a city and province celebrated worldwide by tourists, collectors, and art historians for its polished black pottery, colorful carvings of animals, fine textiles, world class museums and galleries, archaeology, and famous contemporary artists...read more

Product Description: After General Francisco Franco's death in 1975, the Spanish government set out to create a democracy that celebrated rather than suppressed regional and ethnic diversity. Holo argues that Spanish state and regional leaders consciously used the power of museums to foster democratic identity in the country's citizens...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)