{"product_id":"the-effective-museum-john-w-jacobsen-9781538164341","title":"The Effective Museum: Rethinking Museum Practices to Increase Impact","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Effective Museum: Rethinking Museum Practices to Increase Impact features practical suggestions for how to be more successful at achieving a museum's intentional purposes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese practical suggestions can help you: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erevise your museum's conceptual framework\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erevitalize your audiences and supporters \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereorganize your museum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereinvest in your resources (staff, collections, facilities, etc.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereposition your programming and \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erestore management basics. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book seeks to help you rethink these key museum practice through a diversity of suggestions, not a single system. However, the suggestions share definitions and frameworks and a unifying voice and structure. While any museum can adopt whichever suggestions are appropriate, the last chapter helps you explore how the suggestions might be mutually reinforcing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter includes a) generalized statement of a problem and the need for new ideas; b) new suggestions implementable in many museums; c) the likely resistance; e) a summation of the idea's potential impacts and benefits, and e) the start of an implementation process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe suggestions vary in form--some are suggested strategies, others lists of options or research questions or implementation steps. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn attitude, The Effective Museum is not thou shall, but much more think about trying this suggestion Underlying all suggestions is a new way of thinking about museum practices as a basis for readers to build their own learning and legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John W. Jacobsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538164345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538164341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d","brand":"John W. Jacobsen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071611793663,"sku":"9781538164341","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eaf70909-0b40-43f6-bc8b-e3ca4cc4b2a9.jpg?v=1685437132","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-effective-museum-john-w-jacobsen-9781538164341","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}