Reinventing the museum : the evolving conversation on the paradigm shift / edited by Gail Anderson.

Includes bibliographical references.

Pivotal moments in the 20th-century dialogue -- The emerging 21st-century ideology -- Perspectives on meaningful public engagement -- Shifting frameworks and infrastructures -- Strategic implications for leadership.

A framework : reinventing the museum -- Pivotal moments in the 20th-century dialogue -- The gloom of the museum / John Cotton Dana -- What is a museum? / Theodore Low -- The museum, a temple or the forum / Duncan F. Cameron -- Museum accountability : laws, rules, ethics, and accreditation / Willard L. Boyd -- Deft deliberations / Dan L. Monroe and Walter Echo-Hawk -- Deaccessioning : the American perspective / Marie C. Malaro -- Museums in the age of deconstruction / Michael M. Ames -- The real multiculturalism : a struggle for authority and power / Amalia Mesa-Bains -- Mining the museum : an installation confronting history / Lisa G. Corrin -- The constructivist museum / George E. Hein -- Creampuffs and hardball : are you really worth what you cost or just merely worthwhile? / Stephen E. Weil -- Savings bank for the soul : about institutions of memory and congregant spaces / Elaine Heumann Gurian -- Changing practices of interpretation / Lisa C. Roberts -- The experience economy / B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore -- From being about something to being for somebody : the ongoing transformation of the American museum / Stephen E. Weil -- The emerging 21st-century ideology -- Change and complexity in the 21st-century museum : the real relics in our museums may be the ways we think and work / Lois H. Silverman and Mark O'Neill -- The relevant museum : a reflection on sustainability / Emlyn Koster -- The case for holistic intentionality / Randi Korn -- Museum collections, documentation, and shifting knowledge paradigms / Fiona Cameron -- Sustainable stewardship : preventive conservation in a changing world / Jerry Podany -- Culture and museums in the winds of change : the need for cultural indicators / Douglas Worts -- Embedding civil engagement in museums / Graham Black -- Perspectives on meaningful public engagement -- Do museum exhibitions have a future? / Kathleen McLean -- The exploded museum / Peter Samis -- The visitors' bill of rights : a list of important human needs, seen from the visitors' point of view / Judy Rand -- The museum visitor experience : who visits, why and to what effect? / John Falk -- Principles of participation / Nina Simon -- What is to be done, Sandra? : learning in cultural institutions of the 21st century / Anna Cutler -- Threshold fear : architecture program planning / Elaine Heumann Gurian -- Shifting frameworks and infrastructures -- Creating a new business model / John Falk and Beverly Sheppard -- New ways of experiencing culture : the role of museums and marketing implications / Neil Kotler -- Comprehensive interpretive plans : a framework of questions / Marianna Adams and Judy Koke -- From knowing to not knowing : moving beyond "outcomes" / Andrew J. Pekarik -- Legal and ethical considerations in museum acquisitions / Marilyn Phelan -- Collections planning : pinning down a strategy / James B. Gardner and Elizabeth Merritt -- It's easy being green / Sarah Brophy and Elizabeth Wylie -- Strategic implications for leadership -- Emotional intelligence, passion and museum leadership / Sherene Suchy -- Governance as leadership : bringing new governing mindsets to old challenges / Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, and Barbara E. Taylor -- The source : twelve principles of governance that power exceptional boards / Boardsource -- On the job : for nonprofits, final accountability rests in the board's hands / Boardsource -- Multicultural organizational development in nonprofit organizations : lessons from the Cultural Competence Learning Initiative / Laurin Mayeno and Steve Lew -- Museums and libraries in the 21st century : new contexts and skills definitions / Institute of Museum and Library Services -- The mindful museum / Robert R. Janes -- Leading change : why transformation efforts fail / John P. Kotter.

Reinventing the Museum: The Evolving Conversation on the Paradigm Shift offers 44 seminal articles representing the changing perspectives about the role of museums in contemporary times. The book includes iconic pieces from the 20th century and presents the latest thinking of the past decade. The book begins with foundational writings that provide a thorough history of museum thought and theory. With this context established, Anderson presents articles that trace the emerging ideas in 21st-century museum studies on public engagement, frameworks, and leadership. In conjunction with introductory material and recommended additional readings, these articles will help students grasp the leading ideas and the essentials of the dialogue taking place in the museum field.