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How prints look :photographs with a commentary /by W.M. Ivins.

164 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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A culture at risk :who cares for America's heritage? /Charles Phillips, Patricia Hogan ; with a historical introduction by John Alexander Williams.

xii, 95 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Historian's handbook :a key to the study and writing of history. /Wood Gray ; with the collaboration of William Columbus Davis [and others].

vii, 88 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Gifts of property :a guide for donors and museums /American Association of Museums, Association of Art Museum Directors.

25 pages ; 21 cm

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Reinventing the museum :historical and contemporary perspectives on the paradigm shift /edited by Gail Anderson.

xii, 402 pages ; 26 cm, This volume gathers 35 seminal articles reflecting over 100 years of dialogue within the musem community about what it means to be a high-quality, relevant institution. Important reading for museum professionals, students, and anyone interested in museums and their developmen...

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Registration methods for the small museum /Daniel B. Reibel.

192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm., "Since 1978 Daniel B. Reibel's Registration Methods for the Small Museum has been the definitive guide to registration methodology. Long considered an indispensable reference tool by historians and archivists, this new third edition covers topics of increasing sig...

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A handbook on the care of paintings /by Caroline K. Keck.

xii, 136 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

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The care of antiques and historical collections /by Per E. Guldbeck / with revisions, an introduction, a chapter on photographs and an index, by A. Bruce MacLeish.

xiii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Starting right :a basic guide to museum planning /Gerald George and Carol Maryan-George.

xiv, 168 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Art on trial :from Whistler to Rothko /Laurie Adams.

xix, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, "This book examines six modern art trials covering a wide range of legal and artistic considerations ... the first in-depth examination of the art trial from every intriguing point of view"--Cover.

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Museums in motion :an introduction to the history and functions of museums /Edward P. Alexander ; foreword by William T. Alderson.

xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Nomenclature for museum cataloging :a system for classifying man-made objects /Robert G. Chenhall.

viii, 512 pages ; 26 cm

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Cultural connections :museums and libraries of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley /Morris J. Vogel.

256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm, Illustrates the history, civilization, and social conditions of the United States via artifacts, paintings, and other objects from the collections of cultural institutions in Philadelphia and environs.

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Going public :community program and project ideas for historical organizations /Cynthia Robinson & Gretchen S. Sorin.

70 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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Exhibits for the small museum :a handbook /Arminta Neal ; with an introductory essay by H.J. Swinney.

ix, 169 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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Mr. Peale's Museum :Charles Willson Peale and the first popular museum of natural science and art /Charles Coleman Sellers.

xiv, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Introduction to museum work /G. Ellis Burcaw.

vii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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American art museums;an introduction to looking.

xiii, 321 pages illustrations, portraits 21 cm

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The art museum as educator :a collection of studies as guides to practice and policy /Council on Museums and Education in the Visual Arts ; Barbara Y. Newsom and Adele Z. Silver, editors.

830 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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Help! for the small museum;a handbook of exhibit ideas and methods.

200 pages illustrations 28 cm

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Self-portrait with donors;confessions of an art collector.

xxvi, 320 pages illustrations 24 cm

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Exhibiting dilemmas :issues of representation at the Smithsonian /edited by Amy Henderson and Adrienne L. Kaeppler.

vi, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, In twelve essays on such diverse Smithsonian Institution holdings as the Hope Diamond, the Wright Flyer, wooden Zuni carvings, and the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth lunch counter, Exhibiting Dilemmas explores a wide range of social, political, and ethic...

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Museums USA.

xvi, 203 pages illustrations 23 cm

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A day in the life of a museum curator /by Judith Tropea ; photography by John Halpern.

32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm, Describes the work of Niles Eldredge, a curator at the American Museum of Natural History, including his field work in search of invertebrate fossils.

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Building museums :a handbook for small and midsize organizations /Robert Herskovitz, Timothy Glines, and David Grabitske.

vii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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National needs assessment of small, emerging, minority, and rural museums in the United States /by Rebecca W. Danvers.

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 28 cm

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Exhibiting public value :government funding for museums in the United States.

158 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm

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Mark Hampton :an American decorator /Duane Hampton.

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm, "In the tradition of Albert Hadley and David Hicks, this is a comprehensive look at the career of the late Mark Hampton, one of the most famous and admired American interior designers of the twentieth century. A classic American success story, Hampt...

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Snakes, snails and history tails :building discovery rooms and learning labs at the Smithsonian Institution /Judith White.

69 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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Repair & preservation maintenance for historic and older homes /Preservation Technology Project and Bureau for Historic Preservation.

62 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Excellence and equity :education and the public dimension of museums /a report from the American Association of Museums ; [edited by Ellen Cochran].

27 pages ; 27 cm.

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Considerations for the care of textiles and costumes :a handbook for the non-specialist /by Harold F. Mailand ; prepared for the Textile Conservation Seminar, Indianapolis Museum of Art, May 5 & 6, 1978.

24 pages ; 29 cm

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Gadsby's Tavern Museum interpretive master plan /by Suzanne Herlitz Derby and Carl R. Nold.

ii, 127 pages, [6] pages of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

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Cultural heritage tourism toolkit /Vermont Arts Council in conjunction with the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing and the Lake Champlain Basin Program.

86 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm

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The management of small history museums /Carl E. Guthe.

78 pages ; 23 cm

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The mate of the daylight :and Friends ashore /by Sarah Orne Jewett.

[8], 254 pages ; 16 cm

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A native of Winby :and other tales. /by Sarah Orne Jewett.

309 pages : frontispiece ; 17 cm

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Yorkshire pots and potteries /Heather Lawrence.

294 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, maps ; 23 cm

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Hidden treasures :searching for masterpieces of American furniture /Leigh Keno and Leslie Keno with Joan Barzilay Freund.

304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm, Antique experts Leigh and Leslie Keno describe more than a dozen of their most fascinating treasure hunts and extraordinary discoveries.

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Marimekko :fabrics fashion architecture /Marianne Aav, editor.

336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm, "Founded in 1951 by visionary textile designer Armi Ratia and her husband, Viljo, the Marimekko Corporation in Finland not only sparked a revolution in pattern making but also pioneered a new definition of fashion that embraced the entire home environm...

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Coffee, tea and chocolate wares in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum /Julie Emerson.

37, [1] pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

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Josiah Wedgwood :a biography /Anthony Burton.

239 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, The Potteries: the name invokes images of a landscape of brick terraces, rows of back-to-backs from the midst of which the kilns poke up towards a smoke-streaked sky. Here are the Five Towns of Arnold Bennett's novels: here is a world we could...

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The New York ceramics fair.

75 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

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Selected letters of Josiah Wedgwood,edited by Ann Finer and George Savage.

x, 375 pages illustrations, facsimiles, color portraits 25 cm

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Wedgwood ABC but not middle E,by Harry M. Buten.

xv, 112 pages illustrations 27 cm

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The illustrated guide to Mason's Patent Ironstone china:the related ware - 'stone china', 'new stone', 'granite china' - and their manufacturers[by] Geoffrey A. Godden.

xiv, 175 pages, 88 plates illustrations (some color) 26 cm.

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A mighty storm :stories of resilience after Irene /Yvonne Daley.

139 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm

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Historic Portsmouth :early photographs from the collections of Strawbery Banke /original text by James L. Garvin ; revised by Susan Grigg.

1 online resource (pages cm.)

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Massachusetts masterpieces :the decoy as art /by Gwladys Hopkins ; foreword by Robert Shaw ; introductory notes by Gary Clayton, President, Mass Audubon [and] Amy T. Montague, Director, Museum of American Bird Art.

127 pages : illustrations, photographs, maps, portraits ; 25 x 32 cm., A study of the art of wooden duck decoys and the lives of their Massachusetts carvers.

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Historic New England :a tour of the region's top 100 national landmarks /by Patricia Harris and David Lyon.

xi, 241 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm, "The six New England states have nearly 400 national landmarks, including historic houses, tall ships, and quirky sites like carousels and the oldest weather station in the country. Perfect for the armchair traveler or history buff."--Provided by publishe...