商品簡介
Are your collections up for grabs? Does the spouse of one of your trustees have too much say in development the exhibition schedule? How much is too much public participation? Where's does a curator's authority begin and end?
Grounded in a series of case studies, A Practical Guide to Museum Ethicsleads the reader through the process of making ethical decisions about dilemmas encountered while working in museums in chapters dealing with- accessibility, disability, and diversity;
- collections;
- conflict of interest;
- governance;
- management;
- deaccessioning; and
- accountability and transparency.
Suitable for classroom use as well as a professional reference, here is a comprehensive, practical guide for dealing with ethical issues in museums.
作者簡介
Sally Yerkovich is the Director of the Institute of Museum Ethics at Seton Hall University and a member of the Ethics Committee for the International Council of Museums (ICOM),the only international organization representing museums and museum professionals. She is a trained mediator for arts and cultural heritage issues. A cultural anthropologist with over twenty-five years of experience in high profile cultural institutions in New York and Washington, DC, she held leadership positions atthe National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, South Street Seaport Museum and Museum of the City of New York. She was President and CEO of The New Jersey Historical Society, Interim Executive Director at the Museum for African Art, and first President of the Tribute NYC Center.
