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Price: $8.95
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Sale: $3.81
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Manufacturer: Streetwise Maps
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Map
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Author: Streetwise Maps
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Publisher: Streetwise Maps
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Edition: Revised 2007
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Dewey Decimal Number: 914
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Publication Date: 2007-03-01
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Reading Level: 1
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Description: Artwise London Museum Map - Laminated Museum Map of London, England - Streetwise Maps This map covers the following areas:
Main London Map 1:20,000
London Underground Map - London Tube Map
London Museum Index
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $5.18
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Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David Finn
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Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
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Dewey Decimal Number: 708
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Publication Date: 1985-09-30
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Reading Level: 135
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Description: A glance at this book's table of contents gives you an idea of its intentions: "Developing your own pace; Where to begin; Displays can dramatize--but don't let them fool you; There's no rule on how long it takes to appreciate a masterpiece." David Finn encourages museumgoers to rely on their own impressions. In the first sentence of the first chapter, he writes that there is "no right or wrong way to visit a museum." Finn gives a general overview of the layout of a museum and uses illustrations from museums around the world to present basic art history concepts and ways of looking at artwork. With practical information he encourages museum visitors to feel comfortable, confident, and develop their own sensibilities in a museum--instead of relying on someone else's. "Discrimination," Finn writes, "is a necessary component of appreciation."
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Price: $44.62
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Sale: $44.62
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Manufacturer: Continuum International Publishing Group
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Peter Howard
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Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363.69
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Publication Date: 2003-07
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: Throughout the world, heritage is now a major concern. It is a method by which to establish identities and attract visitors. Natural and cultural heritage is protected, conserved, managed and interpreted, by families, by cities, by nation states and at international level. This major movement has resulted in the development of heritage as a field of study, both on its own, and as a notable part of many other disciplines, such as geography, art history, archaeology, ecology and tourism management. This textbook is directed at students approaching heritage as a combined field of study for the first time. The fields of heritage under review range from the nature trail to the cathedral, the family album to the national park. Heritage is seen as a demand led activity, with interested stakeholders being academics, governments, owners, school-children, pilgrims and the media as well as the ubiquitous tourist. The text addresses the practicalities of selecting sites and objects as heritage and the characteristics particular to those selected as contrary to those overlooked.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $3.96
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Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Rachel Kaplan
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Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
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Dewey Decimal Number: 069.09421
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Publication Date: 2000-11-01
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Reading Level: 216
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Description: "A tour guide can make or break a vacation, which explains why Rachel Kaplan is so sought after." -Travel & Leisure Rachel Kaplan's charming and informative guides to the little-known museums of Paris, London, and Berlin have won enthusiastic praise. "Wonderful color illustrations make perusing a joy," raved Library Journal of the Paris guide. AA brilliant museum companion," said Cond Nast Traveler's website about the London book. Of the Berlin volume, Knight-Ridder News Service said: "These off-the-beaten-track treasures will delight even the most jaded traveler. . . Before you go, get this guide." Now, in Rome's Jubilee Year, when the Eternal City expects as many as 50 million visitors, Kaplan reveals the enchantments of 30 often-overlooked museums in the city and nearby countryside. Ranging from the Burcardo Theater Museum and the Sabine Olive Oil Museum to the new ACEA Art Center at the Montemartini Power Station and the Rome Museum of Criminology, the varied venues offer something for everyone. Maps, addresses, phone numbers, and hours are included. RACHEL KAPLAN, author of three previous Abrams guidebooks, has written articles for many international publications. She also heads a cultural tourism company, French Links, based in Paris, where she lives. 175 illustrations, 100 in full color, 51/2 x 91/2"
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Sale: $40.07
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Manufacturer: The Natural History Museum
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: The Natural History Museum
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Publication Date: 2009-01-01
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: The Natural History Museum, London is home to one of the world's most important and comprehensive collections of natural history specimens, literature and artworks. This book is a celebration of over 200 of the Museum's most treasured possessions - selected both from objects on display and those stored behind the scenes - including world-famous specimens and little known curiosities. Among the many exceptional natural wonders featured are: Darwin's celebrated finch specimens; a lethal claw from the dinosaur Baryonyx; and, one of the greatest scientific frauds of all time the Piltdown cricket bat fossil. This book also reveals the magnificent Museum building itself with its many architectural treasures. With intriguing stories behind each entry, such as the tragic tale of Heron-Allen's cursed amethyst, "Treasures of the Natural History Museum" is a fascinating insight into the best of the Museum's unrivalled collection.
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Price: $35.00
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Sale: $26.66
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Manufacturer: University of Washington Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: John Douglas Marshall
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Publisher: University of Washington Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 027.4797772
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Publication Date: 2004-05
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: Seattle Public Library's dazzling new Central Library, designed by renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, prompted international notice even before the doors opened to this $159 million showplace. Yet Seattle Public Library's new prominence came after more than a century of tumult with many heroic struggles, from its itinerant existence in a pioneer boom town to its wired wonders in a world technology center.In "Place of Learning, Place of Dreams" John Douglas Marshall recounts the fascinating stories behind the books and buildings of Seattle Public Library such as: the suspicious fire that destroyed the library's home in the historic Yesler mansion and led to a surprise rescue by Andrew Carnegie in the early 1900s; the library's efforts through world wars, earthquakes, epidemic, and Depression; the Red Scares that claimed the jobs of two loyal library employees; the library's stocking of a graphic sex education book that sparked a controversy reaching all the way to the U.S. Senate; the city book club born at Seattle Public Library and copied across the country; and the landmark "Libraries for All" program to remake the entire Seattle Public Library system with a $196 million bond issue, the largest in American library history.Marshall also profiles many intriguing people who enlivened Seattle Public Library and its contributions to the city. Librarian Charles Wesley Smith withstood a charge that he set the Yesler mansion fire. Sculptor George Tsutakawa's first fountain, for Seattle's Central Library, led to scores of renowned fountains around the globe. Yesler branch librarian James Welch rescued a dying library in a black neighbourhood with the help of activist Millie Russell. And maverick architect Rem Koolhaas won his important Seattle commission after a startling turnabout by library board members during a visit to Europe. Place of Learning, Place of Dreams tells the human story of a beloved Seattle institution with drama, honesty, and flair. John Douglas Marshall is book critic for the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer". His previous publications include "Reconciliation Road", an award-winning family memoir, and "Volcano: The Eruption of Mount St. Helens", a national best-seller.
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Manufacturer: Humanities Pr
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Margaret Hall
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Publisher: Humanities Pr
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 069.5
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Publication Date: 1987-09
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Reading Level: 256
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $14.00
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Manufacturer: Scala Publishers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Raymond Keaveney
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Publisher: Scala Publishers
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Edition: Rev. Ed
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Dewey Decimal Number: 708.291835
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Publication Date: 2008-05-25
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Reading Level: 300
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Description: The National Gallery of Ireland has an important and fascinating collection, covering the main schools of Western art. Established in the 19th century, the Gallery houses pieces ranging from Byzantine icons to 20th-century paintings. In tune with the changing styles in art during the early years of the 20th century, the Gallery acquired works by artists such as Degas, Signac, Bonnard and Picasso. In addition it holds works by earlier masters, including Mantegna, Caravaggio, Vel zquez, Poussin, Rembrandt and Vermeer. As well as presenting art from across Europe, this guide is uniquely informative about members of the Irish School, such as Lavery, Orpen and Jack B. Yeats.
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Price: $72.95
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Sale: $72.94
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Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jonathan Ashley-Smith
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Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Dewey Decimal Number: 069.53
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Publication Date: 1999-04-15
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Reading Level: 358
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Description: 'Risk Assessment for Object Conservation' reflects Dr Jonathan Ashley-Smith's personal interests and views in areas including materials science, the ethics of restoration, the costs of conservation and the philosophy of museums.
This valuable book explains the mechanisms of deterioration of museum artifacts, quantifying the probability that damage will occur and estimating the rate of progress when it does.
The principles outlined and the information provided will form a foundation for cost-benefit analysis of conservation proposals. Dr Ashley-Smith also gives comprehensive explanations of scientific of mathematical material to take into consideration the readers who have no background in these areas, alongside a basic introduction. The structure of the book provides a logical progression through tools, concepts information and examples. This is a must-have purchase for all conservators, curators and administrators of historic artifacts at both student and professional level.
Pioneering book on this subject
Guidance on reduction of risk to exhibits
Author is the Head of Conservation at the Victoria and Albert Museum
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Manufacturer: British Museum Press
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: MARJORIE CAYGILL
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Publisher: British Museum Press
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Publication Date: 1999
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Reading Level: 352
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