316 Pages
    by Routledge

    316 Pages
    by Routledge

    Collecting together a group of talented writers, Museum, Media, Message considers, in depth, the most up-to-date approaches to museum communication including: museums as media; museums and audience; and the evaluation of museums.

    Addressing the need for museums to develop better knowledge of visitor experience, this volume introduces a broad range of issues, and presents the ultimate how, why and who of museum communication.

    Museum, Media, Message combines philosophical discussion, practical examples and case studies and examines museum communication in three sections:

    • analyzing how museums and galleries construct and transmit complex systems of value through processes of collection and exhibition
    • raising philosophical and management issues and exploration of work with specific audiences
    • introducing methods for studying the audiences’ experiences of communication events in museums.

    Perfect for people who want to develop a more critical and informed professional museum practice, and for students looking to enhance their skills of analysis and reflection, this book is of value to anyone interested in the current debates and issues of this new and growing field.

    1. Museums and Communication - An Introductory Essay  Part 1: Museums as Media  2. Collecting as Media and Message  3. The Museum Message between the Document and Information  Exhibitions as Communicative Media  4. Observations on Semiotic Aspects in the Museum work of Otto Neurath  5. Early Museums and Nineteenth Century Media  6. New Technologies for Museum Communication  7. Education, Sunflowers and the New Vulgarity in Art Museums  Part 2: Communication in Action  8. Changing Media, Changing Messages  9. Museums in Partnership  10. A Manager Discusses Museum Communication  11. Learning from each Other - Museums and Older Members of the Community - The People's Story  12. Museums and Disabled People: The Case for Partnerships and Collaboration  13. Integrating School Visits, Tourists and the Community at the ARC, York  14. Getting the Message: Planning a Responsive Service  15. Museums, Myths and Missionaries -Redressing the Past for a New South Africa  Part 3: Evaluating the Communication Process  16. Evaluating Teaching and Learning in Museums  17. Responsive Evaluation in Museum Education - A Case Study  18. Museum as Media in Aesthetic Response  19. Evaluation of the School Work in `The Rutland Dinosaur Gallery'  20. The Evaluation of Museum-School Programmes: The Case of Historical Sites  21. Andragogy (Adult Education) in the Museum: A Critical Analysis and New Formulation  22. Communicating and Learning in Gallery  33: Evidence from a Visitor Study  23. Family Groups in Museums - An Indian Experience 24. Here to Help - Evaluation and Effectiveness

    Biography

    Eilean Hooper-Greenhill

    `Eilean Hooper-Greenhill's introductory essay gives a excellent review of how thinking about museums as medium for communication has developed. .. The book itself offers glimpses of a wide range of different ideas from varying backgrounds, both from the UK and abroad, and offers papers from authors of varying experience and standing, ...' - Intl Jrnl of Heritage Studies

    `... an excellent review of how thinking about museums as a medium for communication has developed.' - Intl Jrnl of Heritage Studies