Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Museums and
Collecting - Chapter 1: What are museums?; Chapter 2: Collecting
policies, composition and implementation; Part Two: Managing
Collections - Chapter 3:
Researching and accessioning objects; Chapter 4:
Classifying, recording and cataloguing objects; Chapter 5: Handling, storing and preserving objects; Part Three:
Displaying and Interpreting Collections - Chapter 6:
Displaying objects; Chapter 7: Interpreting
objects; Chapter 8: Museum
audiences; Part Four: The Museum
Curator - Chapter 9: The
curator today and conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
