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Art of Curating Paul J. Sachs and the Museum Course at Harvard
ISBN: HB: 9781606065693, Getty Publications, August 2018
288 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 123 black&white illus., 1 map
From 1921 until 1948, Paul J. Sachs (1878-1965) offered a yearlong program in art museum training, "Museum Work and Museum Problems", through Harvard University's Fine Arts Department. Known simply as the Museum Course, the program was responsible fo...
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Invention of the American Art Museum From Craft to Kulturgeschichte, 1870-1930
ISBN: HB: 9781606064788, Getty Publications, July 2016
256 pp., 25x15 cm, 119 colour illus.
A rigorous account of the European origins of American art museums American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. This groundbreaking work r...
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Introduction to Metadata
ISBN: PB: 9781606064795, Getty Publications, June 2016
96 pp., 25x15 cm, 11 black&white illus.
A revised and expanded edition of a key text for librarians, scholars, and museum professionals Metadata provides a means of indexing, accessing, preserving, and discovering digital resources. The volume of digital information available over electron...
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Use of Oxygen-Free Environments in Control of Museum Insect Pests
ISBN: PB: 9780892366934, Getty Publications, March 2006
224 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 6 colour illus., 50 black&white illus., 25 line illus.
Museums throughout the world face the challenge of finding non-toxic methods to control insect pests. This book focuses on practical rather than theoretical issues in the use of oxygen-free environments, presenting a detailed, hands-on guide to the u...
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Library of Villa Dei Papiri at Herculaneum
ISBN: PB: 9780892367993, Getty Publications, October 2005
128 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 40 black&white illus., 42 colour illus.
The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii in A.D. 79 also buried nearby Herculaneum. Over time the location of the small town was forgotten, but shortly after its rediscovery in the 1730s, "excavations" – more properly, treasure hunts – wer...
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