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 A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections, Marie C. Malaro, 1998 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 Registration Methods for the Small Museum, Daniel B. Reibel, 1998 Conservation Techniques The Care of Antiques and Historical Collections, 3rd ed., Per Ernst Guldbeck and A. Bruce MacLeish, 1996 Caring for American Indian Objects: A Practical and Cultural Guide, Sherelyn Ogden, 2004 Caring for Your Collections, The National Committee to Save America's Cultural Collections, 1992. Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators, Konstanze Bachmann, 1992Preserving What is Valued: Museums, Conservation, and First Nations, Miriam Clavir, 2002 Understanding Wood: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology, 2nd ed., Bruce Hoadley, 2000 Exhibits Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach, Beverly Serrell, 1996 Archives Museum Archives: An Introduction, Deborah Wythe, 2004 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 |