Series/Report no.
Working Papers in Museum Studies
5
Description
The University of Michigan Museum Studies Program’s series of “Working Papers in Museum Studies” presents emerging research from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, all focused on the multiple concerns of the modern museum and heritage studies field. Contributions from scholars, members of the museum profession and graduate students are represented. Many of these papers have their origins in public presentations made under the auspices of the Museum Studies Program. We gratefully thank the authors published herein for their participation.
Much of this paper was written specifically for the 2009 Michigan Museum Association Annual Meeting (Ann Arbor), but it also contains some sections from two papers soon to be published elsewhere: “The Museum as Soup Kitchen” [Curator, the Museum Journal 53 (1) 2010: 71-85] and “Curator: From Soloist to Impresario,” soon to be published in a volume edited by Fiona Cameron and Lynda Kelly in Australia. For nearly 40 years, Elaine Heumann Gurian has engaged the world’s museums in her various roles as consultant, educator, and visionary. She has visited the University of Michigan on several occasions; in 2007 she served as the Museum Studies Program’s Visiting Scholar.