Besuchsmotivation und aktueller Anlaß für den Besuch des Deutschen Museums in München.
Themen: Besuchsmotivation und aktueller Anlaß für den Besuch des Museums; Beurteilung ausgewählter Exponate und Museumsabteilungen; Besuchsdauer; Besuchshäufigkeit im Deutschen Museum und in übrigen Museen; Hobbies im Bereich der Naturwissenschaft und Technik; Gruppenbesuch oder Einzelbesuch.
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An overview is given of the origin, philosophy and current situation of museums and museology in China. Museums in China can be traced as far back as 478 BC. However, it was only in the early period of this century that museums in the modern sense came into being. The development during the last 90 years was strongly influenced by the political events.
Museums started exploring the use of computers in the 1960s, and by the 1990s many museums were in the process of adopting an automated work form to manage collec- tions. By the 2000s the Internet had brought new distribution channels, and digitization became harder to avoid. During the last decade, there has been a revision in the work process, where information becomes a key asset and where the relation between the museum and its public changes to favor participatory services. Many of the issues concerning the museum work (acquisition, preservation, exhibition, research and communication) have been thoroughly studied by cultural economists, and their insights can be applied to the digital equivalent, for instance to identify the effective use of resources for an increase in access (offline or online). There are, however, charac- teristic differences in the production, distribution and consumption processes as a result of digitization. These have not always been discussed. This chapter reviews the economic literature on museums to focus on the areas rele- vant to digitization, applying existing theory in areas where no literature example can be found. Issues of intellectual property rights (and copyright) as a form of regulation are outside the scope of this chapter. In cultural economics, museums can be studied from three main perspectives: the museum institution (the 'firm' with inputs and outputs), the consumer of museum goods and the role of the government in supporting production of museum goods.
"Museums and Social Change explores the ways museums can work in collaboration with marginalised groups to work for social change and, in so doing, re-think the museum. Drawing on the first-hand experiences of museum practitioners and their partners around the world, the volume demonstrates the impact of a shared commitment to collaborative, reflective practice. Including analytical discussion from practitioners in their collegial work with women, the homeless, survivors of institutionalised child abuse and people with disabilities, the book draws attention to the significant contributions of small, specialist museums in bringing about social change. It is here, the book argues, that the new museum emerges: when museum practitioners see themselves as partners, working with others to lead social change, this is where museums can play a distinct and important role. Emerging in response to ongoing calls for museums to be more inclusive and participate in meaningful engagement, Museums and Social Change will be essential reading for academics and students working in museum and gallery studies, librarianship, archives, heritage studies and arts management. It will also be of great interest to those working in history and cultural studies, as well as museum practitioners and social activists around the world"--
