Most museum visitors can see how national character is reflected in the museum's layout and collection. But museums do more than provide a mirror for national identity; they shape it".Museums in a Global Context" looks at the way globalization has sh...

Since the establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, the national park movement has spread quickly and internationally. There are now over seven thousand national parks in 140 countries, and these numbers continue to grow. But national parks...

Highly illustrated, exhaustively researched, and eminently readable, this new edition of "Riches, Rivals and Radicals" describes the rise of the museum in the United States from the early twentieth century to the present – a story that parallels hist...

According to medievalist Gary Vikan, Graceland is much more than a wildly popular tourist destination associated with a famous entertainer, and Elvis Presley is much more than the King of Rock 'n' Roll. In this fascinating new book, Vikan posits that...

From the experienced leader or the midcareer professional hoping for a promotion to a recent grad applying for a first internship, "A Life in Museums" provides every museum professional, both experts and novices, with information for reaching their c...

How do we judge what is good in art? And more to the point, can we even judge art? These questions have long spawned heated conversations about objectivity, subjectivity, and qualitative judgment that span both the academic and art worlds. Acclaimed...

"Good exhibition design promotes thought and feeling through the creation of an emotionally charged space – an environment that engulfs visitors, pulls them forward, and draws them into the story and its meaning", writes Tom Klobe in "Exhibitions". H...