Museum Administration 2.0

By (author) Hugh H. Genoways, Lynne M. Ireland Revised by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko

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Publication date:

18 July 2016

Length of book:

296 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442255524

Wondering what a museum director actually does? About to start your first director's job? Looking for guidance in starting up a museum or working with a museum director? Hugh Genoways, Lynne Ireland, and Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko have taken the mystery out and put common sense and good guidance in. Learn about everything from budgets and strategic planning to human resources and facilities management to collections and programming. They also help you tackle legal documents, legal and ethical issues, and challenges for today's 2.0 world. Case studies and exercises throughout help you review and practice what you are learning, and their extensive references will be a welcome resource.

Preface to the First Edition
Preface
1. Museums and Administration
2. Start Up
3. Strategic Planning
4. Finance
5. Sustainability
6. The Working Museum
7. Ethics and Professional Conduct
8. Legal Issues
9. Facilities Management
10. Marketing and Public Relations
11. Collections Stewardship
12. Interpretation, Exhibits, and Programming
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Exercise: Museum Plan
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors and Reviser

This is an impressive revision to Genoways’s and Ireland’s venerable Museum Administration. Ms. Catlin-Legutko’s emphasis on the importance of strategic planning for museums, with carefully-crafted steps for completion, is invaluable, as is the chapter on finance. This book thoughtfully weaves together ethics, best practice, and “how to” recommendations with provocative case studies. Terrific!