Museums 101

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Foreword -- Part I: Essential background -- Defining a museum -- A quick history of museums -- Part II: Creating an integrated museum -- The integrated museum -- Starting a museum -- Museum governance -- Museum feasibility studies -- Museum planning strategies -- Part III: Exhibitions -- Collections -- The museum building -- Museum exhibition development/curation -- Exhibition design & fabrication -- Museum programming: education -- Part IV: Behind the scenes -- Museum finances -- Museum fundraising -- Museum marketing -- Museum project management -- Museum evaluation -- Museum operations -- Museum accessibility -- Museum research -- Collections care -- The Museum of the future -- Putting your museum online -- Working in museums -- Part V: The museum toolbox -- American Alliance of Museums: Code of ethics for museums -- Sample Bylaws -- American Alliance of Museums: Developing a mission statement -- Sample museum constitution -- Sample museum feasibility template -- Sample board member responsibilities -- Sample policy for donations of objects -- Sample donor questionnaire -- Sample museum exhibit sponsorship agreement -- Timing and tracking study -- Visitor exit interview -- Museum job descriptions -- Object cataloging record -- Museum exhibition design process.;"Looking for an A-Z, one-stop, comprehensive book on museums? Wish you were able to have one of the nation's leading museum consultants spend a couple of days with you, talking you through how to start a museum, how museums work, how to set up an exhibit, and more? If so, Museums 101 is the answer to your wishes"--Page 4 de la couverture.