On November 16, 1990, US President George HW Bush signed into law the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). This federal legislation …

Scattered Finds explores the politics, personalities and social histories that linked fieldwork
in Egypt with the varied organizations around the world that received finds. Case studies …

Queering the Museum develops a queer analysis of the ways in which museums construct
themselves, their core business, and their publics through the, often unconscious, use of …

The Manual of Museum Management, Third Edition presents a comprehensive and detailed
analysis of: the principles of museum organization, the ways in which people work together …

In this pioneering book, Christopher Whitehead provides an overview and critique of art
interpretation practices in museums and galleries. Covering the philosophy and sociology of …

As museums begin to revisit their definition of ''expert''in light of theories about the local
character of knowledge, questions emerge about how museums can reconsider their …

The internationally focused Dictionary of Museology reflects the diversity of cultural and
disciplinary approaches to theory and practice in the museum field today. The museum …

Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age explores online museums as sites of contemporary
cultural diplomacy. Building on scholarship that highlights how museums can constitute and …

Museums often keep secret information concerning the acquisition and stewardship of their
collections even though retaining such privileged information may contradict the ideal of the …

Over the course of more than a decade, the Haida Nation triumphantly returned home all
known Haida ancestral remains from North American museums. In the summer of 2010, they …