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This page contains a list of useful books on museum topics, ranging from conservation techniques to focusing on specific materials.  The links provided lead to a summary of each book.


Museum Management
Museum Administration: An Introduction, Hugh H. Genoways and Lynne M. Ireland, 2003
A Museum Guide to Copyright and Trademark, Michael Steven Shapiro, 1999

Registration Methodology
Museum Registration Methods, 5th ed., Rebecca Buck and Jean A. Gilmore, 2010

Conservation Techniques
The Care of Antiques and Historical Collections, 3rd ed., Per Ernst Guldbeck and A. Bruce MacLeish, 1996
Caring for Your Collections, The National Committee to Save America's Cultural Collections, 1992.
Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators, Konstanze Bachmann, 1992
Preserving What is Valued: Museums, Conservation, and First Nations, Miriam Clavir, 2002

Exhibits

Archives

Education and Visitor Experience
The Museum Experience, John Howard Falk and Lynn Diane Dierking, 1992

Interpretation
Great Tours!  Thematic Tours and Guide Training for Historic Sites, Barbara Levy, Sandra Lloyd, and Susan Schreiber, 2001
Interpreting Historic House Museums, Jessica Foy Donnelly, 2002
Interpreting Our Heritage, 4th ed., Freeman Tilden, 2007

Interested in TAPs?  
Contact Amy Drake, Curator of Special Projects: amy@sohs.org