Preface | p. ix |
The International Museum Institute: Origin and Cause | p. ix |
Introduction | p. xiii |
A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste | p. xiii |
The Set of Sustainable Values | p. xvii |
Public Trust | p. 1 |
"Museum Values" | p. 5 |
"The Credibility of Museums" | p. 7 |
"Transmitting the Legacy" | p. 10 |
"Natural History Museums as Sentinel Observatories of Life on Earth: A Public Trust" | p. 12 |
"Including Cultural Justice in a Museum's Value System" | p. 15 |
The primacy Of Our Collections | p. 17 |
"It's All about the Permanent Collection" | p. 22 |
"Bringing Our Permanent Collections to Life" | p. 25 |
"What Are We Showing in Our Museums?" | p. 27 |
"From the Perspective of Turkey…." | p. 29 |
Relevance | p. 33 |
"The Revitalization of the Urban Environment: A Measure of the Museum's Social Value" | p. 38 |
"Ethnic-Specific Museums: Why They Matter and How They Make a Difference" | p. 40 |
"What Is the Relevance of Museums? Can You Imagine a World without Them?" | p. 44 |
"Will Museums Survive?" | p. 48 |
Inclusion | p. 53 |
"Remembering Abolition: Britain and the Slave Trade, 1807-2007" | p. 57 |
"Including Contemporary Art at the Musée du Quai Branley: A Way of Coming to Terms with the Colonial Past à la Frangaise?" | p. 61 |
"The Huntington's Decisions about Audience and Service: How and Where Could a Children's Garden Be Brought into Play?" | p. 63 |
"Museums (A Rapid View of Guided Tours): The Ruins of the Future Should Be in Shop Windows" | p. 66 |
"Grappling with Limits: Museums and Social Inclusion" | p. 72 |
Globalization: Finding and Claiming Your Niche | p. 77 |
"Defending the Universal (Encyclopedic) Museum" | p. 82 |
"Professional Museum Training Programs at the National Gallery of Art: From the Shores of the Potomac to a World View" | p. 83 |
"A Work in Progress: Cultural District, Abu Dhabi" | p. 86 |
"Two Museums, Two Visions of Mexican Artes Populates in the Era of Globalization" | p. 92 |
Creativity And Experimentation | p. 97 |
"In Service to Artists…." | p. 102 |
"Museums and Creativity" | p. 106 |
"Art and Science, Nature and Art in a Natural History Museum" | p. 108 |
"Creativity and Experimentation in the World of Archaeology" | p. 111 |
New Alliances | p. 115 |
"Setting Precedent" | p. 120 |
"Alliances, New and Renewed" | p. 122 |
"The Crossing of Art and Science: Expanding the Field" | p. 125 |
"Museums and Alliances/Allies" | p. 127 |
"New Alliances/New Philanthropies: The Alfredo Harp Foundation" | p. 130 |
Authentic Experience | p. 133 |
"When I Was a Youngster" | p. 138 |
"Authentic Experiences" | p. 142 |
"Mezcal for the Earth" | p. 144 |
"The 'Total' Museum: A Tool for Social Change" | p. 146 |
"Guernica Gernikara" | p. 148 |
Generation and Dissemination of Knowledge | p. 153 |
"Minds in Museums-Knowledge Evolving" | p. 158 |
"Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul, and the Generation and Diffusion of Knowledge" | p. 160 |
"Art in the Making: Another View of Art History" | p. 163 |
"Interdisciplinary Work and Knowledge Management: A Dynamic for the Contemporary Museum" | p. 167 |
Communication | p. 169 |
"Reality Check" | p. 173 |
"Communication: One Mission, One Blog" | p. 176 |
"The Polished Edge" | p. 178 |
"Texts and Contexts in Museology" | p. 180 |
"Communicating through Design and Display: The New American Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston" | p. 182 |
Conclusion "Museumspace" | p. 187 |
Acknowledgments | p. 189 |
Index | p. 195 |
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