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This open access book investigates the role played by copyright on the digitisation of cultural heritage from three angl......more

She helped found MoMA and pioneered the promotion of work of American and French modern artists at the turn of the 20th ......more

Museums and the Moving Image is the first volume to span overlapping but disciplinarily distinct research into museums, ......more

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This book examines documenta fifteen (2022) as a turning point in global art politics, from ruangrupa’s Indonesian lumbu......more

This new edition of Patrick O’Keefe’s classic book provides up-to-date analysis of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Mea......more

An authoritative annual record of scientific research and conservation carried out at the National Gallery, London The N......more

Vanessa Bell’s art and life were animated by the complex emotions of motherhood: creativity and care bound up with doubt......more

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Two centuries after Napoleon Bonaparte’s death, this edited volume brings together a diverse group of historians, art hi......more

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What is the purpose of private museums? Who do they benefit and what threat do they pose to their public counterparts? T......more

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Cultural Heritage Analysis for New Generations takes cultural heritage digitization to a new level by exploring digital ......more

The story of the revolutionary Ontario Science Centre, its iconic exhibits, and the people who made it all happen. A Cen......more

A showcase of two hundred of the Art Institute of Chicago’s iconic works from around the world and across human time Fro......more

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The Preservation of Born-digital Photographs will equip professionals with the necessary knowledge and tools to effectiv......more

Following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1920s, an emerging nation state built a particular relation......more

Taking place examines feminist and queer alternative art spaces across Canada and the United States from the late-1960s ......more

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An investigation into an oft-overlooked issue in the field of cultural conservation: the architecture of storage spaces ......more

At the intersection of cultural heritage and contemporary museum practice, this book explores how Islamic art is present......more

The Preservation of Born-digital Photographs will equip professionals with the necessary knowledge and tools to effectiv......more

An in-depth exploration of the ethical issues involved in collecting, preserving, researching, and exhibiting collection......more

An in-depth exploration of the ethical issues involved in collecting, preserving, researching, and exhibiting collection......more

Artists have long been fascinated by film, but recent decades have seen an explosion in direct artistic engagements with......more

What do Persian robes of honour, 20th-century still-life painting, fur garments, and 18th-century porcelain all have in ......more

This book presents the first detailed study of the place of contemporary art galleries and gallerists, especially within......more

A gorgeous illustrated meditation on the homes of iconic Southern women, from Nina Simone to Carson McCullers In These L......more

In this revised and updated translation of Das Radikaldemokratische Museum, Sternfeld offers a timely critique of museum......more

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A comprehensive introduction to the economics of cultural heritage for heritage professionals. Essential Economics for H......more

Building a Museum is a comprehensive guide designed to assist museum professionals in navigating the complex process of ......more

A range of meaningful objects--exhibits of human remains or live people, fetishes, objects in a Catholic Museum, exotic ......more

This book examines the art collector and trickster John Hilditch’s struggle to become a renowned collector and expert in......more

This provocative book bridges the gap between theoretical academic writings and practical museum curating, tracing the j......more

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The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Ethics offers a comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the concepts, challenges and d......more

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Twins Charles Maurice Detmold (1883-1908) and Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957) were among the most extraordinary, enigm......more

A rich resource illustrating the key ideas behind learning with things. This textbook provides an overview of some of th......more

Examines the core reasons that museums struggle to be more participatory. In recent years, museums have turned to encour......more

Examines the core reasons that museums struggle to be more participatory. In recent years, museums have turned to encour......more

The Heritage, Creativity and Innovation Nexus: Critical Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives explores the centr......more

The Routledge Companion to Art Biennials assembles forty-six chapters that explore art biennials as expanded sites of ar......more

This book explores the role played by museums and museum exhibitions in South Korea’s cultural diplomacy and internation......more

The Live Museum uncovers the surprising history of live performances in US museums during the 1970s, exploring how and w......more

The Live Museum uncovers the surprising history of live performances in US museums during the 1970s, exploring how and w......more

A celebration of a beloved artistic and social space on its fortieth anniversary. Zurich’s Shedhalle is a space for proc......more

This open-access publication presents new research on ancient Romano-Egyptian mummy portraits, including examinations of......more

Taking a consciously regional perspective, this volume evaluates the mechanisms and motivations that underpin collaborat......more

Where and to whom do ancient things belong? What happens when they are stolen-not by a colonial power, but by a national......more

The Great Exhibition of 1851, the first World’s Fair, is generally thought of as a giant trade fair, a showcase for empi......more

The Innovation and influence of the first children’s museums in the US When it opened in 1899, the Brooklyn Children’s M......more

The Innovation and influence of the first children’s museums in the US When it opened in 1899, the Brooklyn Children’s M......more

The remarkable history of forged and fabricated Islamic ceramics, their makers, and their unique role in colonial trade ......more

PULS, an initiative of Bukarest’s National Museum for Contemporary Art (MNAC) began during the COVID-crisis. Since then,......more

From thick description to autoethnography, a collection of some of the latest investigatory methodologies in sensory her......more

’The artwork is no longer the integral part of the exhibition; to curate an exhibition is to curate an experience.’ Brid......more

What function do concepts like the future and futurity play in the field of curating and the curatorial? The Edinburgh C......more

Cultural Heritage Conservation for Early Learners explores how to introduce young audiences to art conservation. Conserv......more

This book investigates Euro-African cultural relations, considering their connected histories through material and immat......more

The Fondation Cartier unveils their newest exhibition space in the center of Paris, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning a......more

This volume explores the contested heritage of landscapes impacted by energy production. It offers a comparative perspec......more

This new book recovers an innovative venture in museology from the late 1960s that has largely gone unnoticed. In 1967, ......more

This is the first book to address the care and preservation of Fluxus works, reimagining the afterlife of Fluxus by posi......more

Exhibiting Irishness analyses how exhibitions enabled Irish individuals and groups to work out (privately and publicly) ......more