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The Manual of Museum Planning
by Gail Dexter Lord (Editor), Barry Lord (Editor)

Paperback - 480 pages 2nd edition (June 2000)
Altamira Pr
ISBN: 0742504069

Book Description
Over the past decade,"The Manual of Museum Planning" has become the definitive text for those concerned with the planning, design, construction, renovation, or expansion of a museum or public gallery. The fully revised second edition of this hugely successful book not only updates the first but also adds chapters on visitors with special needs, fund-raising feasibility studies, institutional planning, and other subjects. An essential resource for all museum professionals as well as trustees, architects, designers, and government agencies involved with the dynamic world of museums and galleries.

About the Author
Barry Lord is co-founder and director of Lord Cultural Resources Planning and Management Ltd. He has worked as a curator, art critic, historian, museum education officer, and since 1981 as a museum planner throughout Canada, the USA, the UK, continental Europe, Australia, and both East and West Asia. He was co-editor of "Planning Our Museums" (1983) and co-author of "The Cost of Collecting (1989)" and "The Manual of Museum Management" (1997). Barry has taught museum planning and management in...