A Decade of Hit Books
Genres

Museum


Museum Books

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
The Participatory Museum
All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Wonderstruck
Kraken
Relic (Pendergast, #1)
Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach
The Cloisters
Explorers
Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience
The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums... and Why We Need to Talk About It
The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, #3; Nora Kelly, #0B)
The Sixty-Eight Rooms (Sixty-Eight Rooms, #1)
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Lists

The Participatory Museum by Nina SimonAnarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums by Franklin D. VagnoneMuseums in Motion by Edward P. AlexanderThe Art of Relevance by Nina SimonMuseum Registration Methods by Rebecca A. Buck
Museum Studies
68 books — 19 voters
The Story of Archaeology by Justin PollardHow to Do Archaeology the Right Way by Barbara A. PurdyArchaeology for Dummies by Nancy Marie WhiteArchaeology by Kevin GreeneArchaeology by Paul G. Bahn
intro into archaeology
10 books — 4 voters

Karkhana by Waswo X. WaswoYinka Shonibare MBE by Rachel KentAWKWARD BEAUTY THE ART OF LUCY JONES /ANGLAIS by JANSEN CHARLOTTEShouting in the Dark by John BramblittChuck Close by Chuck Close
Historic and Modern Artists with Disabilities
13 books — 8 voters
Dinosaurs by M.K. ReedThe How and Why Wonder Book of Dinosaurs by Darlene GeisIn the Beginning... by Arnaud PlumeriFossils by Frank H. T. RhodesDinosaurs of the Land, Sea, and Air by Modern Publishing
Paleontology and Educational Dinosaur Picture Guides for Kids
24 books — 2 voters

Vagabonds in France by Michael A. BarryTo the Letter by Simon GarfieldJust My Type by Simon GarfieldDiary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska by Maria Faustyna KowalskaTe hooi en te gras by Rien Poortvliet
I want to know more about this world
107 books — 8 voters
The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis BorgesOn Longing by Susan StewartA Universal History of Iniquity by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis BorgesTechnology as Magic by Richard Stivers
For Seminar
13 books — 2 voters

Quotes Tagged “Museum”

Alice Childress
“ In this noisy world there are two places where one may yet go to do some quiet soul searching. Museums and public libraries... Soon people will have to go searching for quiet like they used to hunt wild game. ”
― Alice Childress, Rainbow Jordan
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Sloane Crosley
“ There's a lot of pointing. A festival of pointing and at very close range to other people's eyes, given the width of the space. Also detracting from the exhibit's potential tranquility is the display cabinet of pinned specimens along one wall. I found this disturbing from the start. You don't see a whole lot of stuffed polar bears in the polar bear exhibit at the zoo, for instance. And butterflies have phenomenal vision so it's not like they can't see the mass crucifixion in their midst. I was o ...more ”
― Sloane Crosley, I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays
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Videos Tagged “Museum”

One in a Thousand - A Flight of Discovery
One in a Thousand - A Flight of Discovery
Shaanxi Ancient Civilization Xian China Museum
Shaanxi Ancient Civilization Xian China Museum
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Groups Tagged "Museum"

EdCom Virtual Book Club The EdCom Virtual Book Club is a way for museum educators across the country to come together an…more
4 members, last active 12 years ago
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University This group is for readers interested in the books discussed at the Nasher Museum of Art. Book se…more
5 members, last active 11 years ago
Village Readers (Dallas Heritage Village) For 15 years, Dallas Heritage Village hosted a book club. We read a mix of fiction and nonfictio…more
9 members, last active 6 years ago
Grand Coteau Book CLub A group open to community members that discusses one book every two months. Meetings are held at…more
14 members, last active 12 years ago