Museum Studies
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How to Visit an Art Museum: The Expanded Edition
$19.99 Add to cartHow to Visit an Art Museum shows you the sense and nonsense of museum etiquette. The original edition became a bestseller, inspiring thousands of readers worldwide to pursue a truly rewarding museum v… [more below]
- Author: Idema
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 9063697279
- Language: English
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Exhibiting for Multiple Senses: Art and Curating for Sensory-Diverse Bodies
$35.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking study of the practices and implications of multisensory art and curation
Published with PLURAL Series.
Artists and curators have long moved beyond the primacy of the visual in art exhi- Author: Fotiadi, Eva
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 9493246485
- Language: English
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Rethinking American Art: Collectors, Critics, and the Changing Canon
$55.00 Add to cart“For all those who want to understand American art and the art world, written by the best person to tell the story.”–Dr. Kathleen Foster, Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art
A sweeping history of ch- Author: Stebbins Jr, Theodore E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 156792834X
- Language: English
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Inside Urban Stomp: A Curator’s Guide to Dreams & Defiance on the Dance Floor
$31.18 Add to cartINSIDE URBAN STOMP
A Curator’s Guide to Exploring Dreams & Defiance on the Dance Floor is a companion to the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibition, Urban Stomp: Dreams & Defiance on the Dance Fl
- Author: Washington, Derrick León
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: June 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9798218996086
- Language: English
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The Grave Robber: The Biggest Stolen Artifacts Case in FBI History and the Bureau’s Quest to Set Things Right
$29.99 Add to cartThe unbelievable true story of how one man stole tens of thousands of priceless artifacts and human remains from around the world–and the FBI’s massive undertaking to set things right.
In The Grave Ro
- Author: Carpenter, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1400248639
- Language: English
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The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property
$43.43 Add to cartIn The Politics of Collecting, Eunsong Kim traces how racial capitalism and colonialism situated the rise of US museum collections and conceptual art forms. Investigating historical legal and property… [more below]
- Author: Kim, Eunsong
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: August 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1478030488
- Language: English
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Plunder?: How Museums Got Their Treasures
$25.00 Add to cartA provocative reassessment of a popular narrative that connects museums, the antiquities trade, and theft.
In this thought-provoking new work, historian Justin M. Jacobs challenges the widely accept- Author: Jacobs, Justin M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1789149487
- Language: English
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Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums: Stories and Memorable Moments from People Who Love Museums
$27.50 Add to cartA beautiful, smart, entertaining new art book from New Yorker cartoonist and author Bob Eckstein that is a love letter to museums and museum-goers, filled with lush and whimsical illustrations paired … [more below]
- Author: Eckstein, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1797224395
- Language: English
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Belle Da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy
$49.95 Add to cartThe incredible story of the first director of the Morgan Library: a visionary Black woman who walked confidently in an early 20th-century man’s world of wealth and privilege
When J.P. Morgan’s personal
- Author: Da Costa Greene, Belle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1636811353
- Language: English
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What Are Museums For?
$13.95 Add to cartThe days when museums were dusty, stuffy institutions displaying their wealth and wisdom to a reverential public are over. Museums today are a cultural battleground. Who should decide what is put on d
- Series: What Is It For?
- Author: Sleigh, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: June 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1529231396
- Language: English
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Smithson’s Gamble: The Smithsonian Institution in American Life, 1836-1906
$39.95 Add to cartDiscover the incredible history of the Smithsonian as it grew to meet the needs of a nation
Follow the fascinating growth and development of the world’s largest museum and research complex during its- Author: Crouch, Tom D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1588347915
- Language: English
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Wicked Arts Education: Designing Creative Programmes
$25.00 Add to cartA hands-on, practical guide to designing fun and accessible art curricula for all ages
Following the blockbuster success of Wicked Arts Assignments, Wicked Arts Education helps teachers and creatives d
- Author: Bremmer, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9493246388
- Language: English
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Fifteen Colonial Thefts: A Guide to Looted African Heritage in Museums
$35.00 Add to cart‘Eloquent and powerful … an invaluable collection of forgotten histories. The authors show that colonial conquest was not only about erasing, expropriating, dispossessing, extracting, exploiting, bu
- Author: Adjei, Sela K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 745349528
- Language: English
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Gathering of Strangers: Why Museums Matter
$24.99 Read moreA powerful, timely and thought-provoking exploration of the transformative role of the museum–and of art–in society today.
As the world adapts to the consequences of a global pandemic, museums cont- Author: Balshaw, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1849769133
- Language: English
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Poor Artists: A Quest Into the Art World
$24.99 Add to cartThis debut book by the popular collaborative team–heralded as one of the first truly new critical voices of the 21st century– blends real-world experience and poignant storytelling into a provocativ… [more below]
- Author: Puente, Gabrielle de la
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 3791380214
- Language: English
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All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
$18.99 Add to cartA best book of the year from New York Public Library, NPR, the Financial Times, Book Riot, and The Sunday Times (London).
An “exquisite” (The Washington Post) “hauntingly beautiful” (Associated Press)- Author: Bringley, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1982163313
- Language: English
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At the Louvre: Poems by 100 Contemporary World Poets
$22.00 Add to cartNew poems from 100 of the world’s brightest contemporary poets, all about a common subject: the Louvre–exploring the many pleasures, provocations, and surprises that the museum and its collection ins… [more below]
- Author: Caro, Antoine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1681379015
- Language: English
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Harwood Centennial: 100 Works for 100 Years
$45.00 Read moreThe Harwood Museum of Art in Taos houses among the finest collections of New Mexican and Southwest art. In celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the museum, this publication highlights one hundr… [more below]
- Author: Dial-Kay, Nicole
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0890136769
- Language: English
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The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World’s Most Famous Museum
$20.00 Read moreThe fascinating and little-known story of the Louvre, from its inception as a humble fortress to its transformation into the palatial residence of the kings of France and then into the world’s greates
- Author: Gardner, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0802148786
- Language: English
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Here, Now and Always: Voices of the First Peoples of the Southwest
$34.95 Read more“In these pages are the words of Native peoples of the Southwest remembering the thoughts and perceptions of our ancestors in which the beauty of life and place is acknowledged. They talk about the em… [more below]
- Author: McBrinn, Maxine E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0890136742
- Language: English
