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“A vital resource... the standard text for generations to come.” 

James Cuno, President & CEO, The J Paul Getty Trust.

This is the third volume in the much-praised Handbook for Academic Museums series. Its theme is that of engaging, involving and enriching the widest possible range of audiences in the rewarding process of object-based learning.

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A 400-page book, with over 50 colour illustrations, Advancing Engagement is written by leading professionals at some of the world's leading museums:

Foreword: Imagining the College Museum of 2050

John R Stomberg, Florence Finch Abbott Director, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Introduction

Stefanie S Jandl and Mark S Gold (Editors)

1. Campus Engagement

Transfer: Learning in and Through the Academic Museum

Liliana Milkova, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College; and Steven S Volk, Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence, Oberlin College

Thinking with Objects: The Ashmolean Museum’s University Engagement Programme

Giovanna Vitelli, Ashmolean Museum

Connecting Collections: Engaging Students Across the Curriculum at the University of Reading

Rhianedd Smith, Museum Studies, University of Reading

A Collection Behaving Badly: Williams Art Loan for Living Spaces

Sonnet Coggins and Diane Hart, Williams College Museum of Art

2. Growth and Change

Embracing Tradition while Forging an Innovative Path: The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College

Tracy L Adler and Susanna White, Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College

Bringing University Museums Together: Cross-disciplinary Working in Cambridge

Liz Hide, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Randolph College: A Sequel, A New Relationship and More Controversy

Peter Dean, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and Bradley W Bateman, President, Randolph College

Contemporary Curating within a Heritage Context

Jenny Brownrigg, Glasgow School of Art

Moving with the Times: Changing Roles for Curatorial Staff at the Manchester Museum

Manchester Museum Collections Team

3. Beyond Campus

Look Again… Young People at the Courtauld Gallery

Henrietta Hine, Courtauld Gallery, London

Educational Outreach with Young Offenders: Create and Curate

Sarah Bromage, Stirling Art Collection, University of Stirling 

Engaging with the Hard to Reach: From Town to Gown

Wendy Goodridge and Syd Howells, Egypt Centre, Swansea University

Using Animation for Successful Engagement, Promotion and Learning

Amy Smith, Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, University of Reading and Sonya Nevin, University of Roehampton, London

Graeme Farnell

Publisher, MuseumsEtc

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USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139

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