In its 26th edition
covers more than 55,000 museums in 202 countries, listed hierarchically by country and place, and within places alphabetically by name. A separate chapter records some 500 museum associations in 132 countries.
Each museum has been assigned to one or more of 22 categories identifying the type and focus of the museum.
A typical entry contains the following details:
- Name of the museum in the original language with an English translation when necessary
- Address, phone and fax numbers
- E-mail address and URL
- Type of museum
- Year of foundation
- Head of museum
- Academic staff
- Collections and facilities
An alphabetical index of museums, an index of persons covering directors, presidents, curators and academic staff of the museums, a personality index recording artists whose works are shown predominantly in a specific museum and/or referring to memorabilia of famous individuals, and a subject index facilitate the access to the data.
The eBookPLUS format comprises the content and search criteria of the printed edition and its indices, facilitating complex searches.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9783110631845
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-3-11-063184-5
- Verlag: De Gruyter
- Erscheinungstermin: 04.06.2019
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 26th Auflage
- Serie: Museums of the World
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 4547 g
- Seiten: 1575
- Format (B x H x T): 221 x 292 x 96 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Themen
- Interdisziplinäres
- Wissenschaften
- Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften
- Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
- Interdisziplinäres
- Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften
- Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften, Archivwesen
