International Perspectives on Museum Management is the first volume of the ICOM Museum Practice series. Exploring contemporary practices in the field of museum management, the book demonstrates how strategic vision and effective leadership can enable museums to fulfill their varied roles and empower staff to achieve their individual and collective objectives.

Gathering together contributions that shed light on key aspects of running a museum in different parts of the world, the volume examines a wide range of topical issues from a management perspective. Chapters within the volume focus on governance and operations, communication and marketing, accessibility and community engagement, the decline in public funding, sustainability and risk management and planning a new museum or a renewal. As a whole, the book demonstrates that competent and creative museum management is vital to museums’ ability to survive and thrive in the face of decreased investment in culture and shifting expectations on the roles that museums should play within society.

Containing insights from respected museum professionals around the world and focusing on topical issues, International Perspectives on Museum Management will be essential reading for museum practitioners working in all types and sizes of museum. The book will also be of great interest to students and academics who have an interest in museum management.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com , has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

 

List of contributors

Introduction: International Perspectives on Museum Management: Looking Towards Desirable Futures

 

1- Governance and Operations

1  Museum Leadership: Where to from Here? by Carol A. Scott

2 Museum Lolland-Falster, Denmark 2009–2013: Strategic Planning as a Tool for Adaptation by Ulla Schaltz and Anna-Elisabeth Jensen

3 Transforming Museum Operations through the Participation of Friends of the Natural History Museum in Zimbabwe by Davison Chiwara and Sithokozile Mabahwana

4 The Alchemy of Museum Planning by Darren Barker and Eric Langham

 

2- Communication and Marketing

5 Curating the Museum as a Brand by Matthias Henkel

6 Museum Branding by Social Engagement: A Co-Creation of Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum, Taiwan by Joy Chih-Ning Hsin

7 Mining Social Media for Museum Quality Evaluation by Ingrida Kelpšienė, Pedro Luengo, and Costis Dallas

8 Digital Outreach in Museum Development Strategies by Jean-Michel Tobelem and Marie Ballarini

9 Audience Engagement: Experiences from the European Audience Development Project SmART Places by Jasmin Vogel and Britta Lerch

 

3- Accessibility and Community Engagement

10 Museums Accessibility in Italy: Past, Present, Future by Annamaria Ravagnan and Enzo Grossi

11 The Pachacamac Site Museum: A Tool for Territorial Management by Denise Pozzi-Escot and Carmen Rosa Uceda

12 Reimaging Museums in Belize: Houses of Culture as Catalysts for Community Engagement by Sherilyne Jones

13 Museums for Accessibility and Inclusion: The Uses and Abuses of Community Engagement by Helen White

 

4 – Decline in Public Funding

14 New Governance Models for Museums: The Case of Organizações Sociais in São Paulo, Brazil by Anna Mignosa and Christian Mayer Tibeau

15 Ethical Fundraising in Museums by Marek Prokůpek

16 Perspectives on Cultural Philanthropy in Museums: Geneva’s Musée d’art et d’Histoire and its Philanthropists by Laura Zani

 

5 – Sustainability and Risk Management

17 Museums and Sustainable Development : A Case Study of The First ‘Green’ Museum In South Africa by Beverley Thomas

18 Creating Disaster Resilient Museums by Corine Wegener

19 Calculating Museum Carrying Capacity: Background, Goals, Methods by Ivan Grinko and Nikita Luchkov