Museum Philosophy for the Twenty-first Century

by Genoways, Hugh H.; Archibald, Robert R.; Boylan, Patrick J.; Carr, David; Coleman, Christy S.; Coxall, Helen; Dailey, Chuck; Eichstedt, Jennifer; Hein, Hilde; Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean; Lewis, Lesley; Luke, Timothy W.; Maleuvre, Didier; Mallavarapu, Suma;

• ISBN13: 9780759107540
• ISBN10: 0759107548
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-08
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Edited volume of reflections on museum philosophy for the 21st century from an international group of contributors.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
1 Assuming Responsibility: Lessons from Aesthetics	1	(10)
Hilde Hein
2 Mind as Verb	11	(8)
David Carr
3 The Museum: Where Civilizations Clash or Clash Civilizes?	19	(8)
Timothy W. Luke
4 Legal and Ethical Considerations in Museum Acquisitions	27	(20)
Marilyn Phelan
5 Connection, Recollection, and Museum Missions	47	(12)
Sherene Suchy
6 Museums and Restlessness	59	(10)
Jean-Paul Martinon
7 Philosophy and the Ends of the Museum	69	(10)
Donald Preziosi
8 The Moral Obligations Incumbent upon Institutions, Administrators, and Directors in Maintaining and Caring for Museum Collections	79	(20)
Michael A. Mares
9 As Long as the Grass Will Grow: My Teaching Philosophy	99	(8)
Charles Dailey
10 Science Centers: Creating a Platform for Twenty-first Century Innovation	107	(10)
Lesley Lewis and Jennifer L. Martin
11 Renewing the Social Contract at Berkeley	117	(10)
Douglas Sharon
12 Museums and (In)Justice	127	(12)
Jennifer Eichstedt
13 Open Minds: Inclusive Practice	139	(12)
Helen Coxall
14 African American Museums in the Twenty-first Century	151	(10)
Christy S. Coleman
15 Learning by Looking: The Future of Museums	161	(4)
Franklin W. Robinson
16 A Plea for Silence: Putting Art Back into the Art Museum	165	(12)
Didier Maleuvre
17 Values, Advocacy, and Science: Toward an Empirical Philosophy for Zoo and Aquarium Leadership	177	(24)
Terry L. Maple and Suma Mallavarapu
18 Current Trends in Governance and Management of Museums in Europe	201	(20)
Patrick Boylan
19 To Members of the Museum Profession	221	(14)
Hugh H. Genoways
20 The Power of Museum Pedagogy	235	(12)
Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
21 Defining Our Museum Audience: An Extraordinary Opportunity	247	(8)
Jeffrey H. Patchen
22 How Can Museums Attract Visitors in the Twenty-first Century?	255	(12)
Scott G. Paris
23 Community Choices, Museum Concerns	267	(8)
Robert R. Archibald
Index	275	(8)
About the Contributors	283