Description: This book explores the histories and functions of museums while also looking at the aspirations of museums as they shift from their rather simple form of a treasury, storehouse, and tomb to something much more complex and people-centered.
Review Quotes:
"Since the last edition of Museums in Motion, much has happened to transform museum practices - massive civic unrest, increased demands for racial and economic justice, a major global pandemic, an elevated climate crisis and significant growth in the decolonization and repatriation movements. The new edition reminds museum workers that we are participants, not victims, in this change, and encourages us to focus on the exciting opportunities that are available to creatively meet new challenges." --Jennifer Scott, executive director and chief curator of the Urban Civil Rights Museum
"Museums in Motion, Fourth Edition, provides a thorough overview of the various kinds of museums, the history of their development, and their functions. This title is an essential resource for all museum professionals." --Lindsey Passenger Wieck, PhD, associate professor of history, director of Public History, St. Mary's University