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  • 1.  Please help with sources to cite for the growth of museums

    Posted 11-25-2014 04:54 PM
    Dear All,

    I'm having trouble finding sources to cite in a footnote concerning what I believe and have been told is the considerable growth of new museums in the last generation. Can anyone suggest books or articles I can cite that make this argument and have the data to back it up?

    All the best,

    Seph

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    Seph Rodney
    Communications Manager
    Shin Gallery
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  • 2.  RE: Please help with sources to cite for the growth of museums

    Posted 11-26-2014 07:18 AM
    Dear Seph,

    Although it's 15 years old, Stephen Weil's 1999 article is very insightful and full of hard data. If you're looking at trends over a generation, the age of the article might not be a big drawback; but you want something more recent, I suggest looking for other articles by Weil - he writes very clearly, cites his (many) sources, and draws on a variety of reports, studies, and data sets.

    Yours warmly,
    Stephanie

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    Stephanie Pearson
    Freie Mitarbeiterin, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
    Ph.D. Candidate, History of Art, UC Berkeley
    stephpearson.com
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  • 3.  RE: Please help with sources to cite for the growth of museums

    Posted 11-26-2014 08:09 AM
    Did you try google?  I just came across this - https://beardocs.baylor.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/2104/4196/joseph_ettle_masters.pdf  - possible more info than you ever wanted!  It's from 2006, I don't know if you are looking for more recent data.

    This one - http://www.ibisworld.com/industry/default.aspx?indid=1640 - might not be the approach you expected, but it is more recent!



    Joy Hecht



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  • 4.  RE: Please help with sources to cite for the growth of museums

    Posted 11-26-2014 08:14 AM
    There is a new book on this very subject: Museums on the Map, 1995-2012, Guido Guerzoni, ed. Fondazione di Venezia in association with Umberto Allemandi.

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    Steven Miller
    Executive Director
    Boscobel House and Gardens
    Garrison NY
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  • 5.  RE: Please help with sources to cite for the growth of museums

    Posted 11-26-2014 10:59 AM
    Please excuse any duplication.

    Try http://philanthropy.com/section/Home/172 for facts and figures.  Also, http://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/love-museums/facts-and-figures.

    O

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    Olivia Anastasiadis
    Supervisory Museum Curator
    Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
    Yorba Linda CA
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  • 6.  RE:Please help with sources to cite for the growth of museums

    Posted 11-27-2014 01:42 PM

    Steven Weil ' s writings were seminal to the development and analysis of American museums. Part of that might have been that he always agreed to speak at all museums that asked him. We miss him greatly and no one seems to have picked up his particular analytical thread.
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    Joan Jeffri Keller
    Founder and Director
    Research Center for Arts and Culture
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