Museum Books

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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as museum)
avg rating 4.16 — 219,248 ratings — published 1967
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as museum)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,524,307 ratings — published 2003
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Reliquary (Pendergast, #2) Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as museum)
avg rating 4.04 — 50,400 ratings — published 1997
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The Participatory Museum The Participatory Museum (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as museum)
avg rating 4.18 — 554 ratings — published 2010
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Wonderstruck Wonderstruck (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as museum)
avg rating 4.16 — 59,728 ratings — published 2011
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All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me (ebook)
by (shelved 15 times as museum)
avg rating 4.01 — 25,841 ratings — published 2023
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Kraken Kraken (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as museum)
avg rating 3.62 — 28,726 ratings — published 2010
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Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as museum)
avg rating 4.03 — 265 ratings — published 1996
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Relic (Pendergast, #1) Relic (Pendergast, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as museum)
avg rating 4.05 — 115,570 ratings — published 1995
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Explorers Explorers (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 12 times as museum)
avg rating 3.69 — 387 ratings — published 2019
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Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as museum)
avg rating 3.88 — 141 ratings — published 2009
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The Cloisters The Cloisters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as museum)
avg rating 3.39 — 72,123 ratings — published 2022
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The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, #3; Nora Kelly, #0B) The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, #3; Nora Kelly, #0B)
by (shelved 11 times as museum)
avg rating 4.26 — 55,739 ratings — published 2002
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The Sixty-Eight Rooms (Sixty-Eight Rooms, #1) The Sixty-Eight Rooms (Sixty-Eight Rooms, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as museum)
avg rating 3.72 — 4,259 ratings — published 2010
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The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums... and Why We Need to Talk About It The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums... and Why We Need to Talk About It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as museum)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,025 ratings — published 2020
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A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as museum)
avg rating 4.19 — 101 ratings — published 1985
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Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as museum)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,069 ratings — published 1993
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Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (Theodosia Throckmorton #1) Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (Theodosia Throckmorton #1)
by (shelved 9 times as museum)
avg rating 3.88 — 8,054 ratings — published 2007
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The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as museum)
avg rating 3.94 — 639 ratings — published 2020
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Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as museum)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,486 ratings — published 2008
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A Companion to Museum Studies (Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies) A Companion to Museum Studies (Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies)
by (shelved 7 times as museum)
avg rating 3.99 — 92 ratings — published 2005
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The Art Forger The Art Forger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as museum)
avg rating 3.76 — 94,252 ratings — published 2012
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Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as museum)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,151 ratings — published 2011
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Museum Registration Methods Museum Registration Methods (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as museum)
avg rating 4.35 — 105 ratings — published 2010
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Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as museum)
avg rating 3.89 — 186 ratings — published 1991
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide Revised Edition The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide Revised Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as museum)
avg rating 4.10 — 77 ratings — published 1983
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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as museum)
avg rating 4.01 — 35,304 ratings — published 2018
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The Van Gogh Deception (The Lost Art Mysteries) The Van Gogh Deception (The Lost Art Mysteries)
by (shelved 6 times as museum)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,488 ratings — published 2017
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Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as museum)
avg rating 4.20 — 61 ratings — published 2005
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as museum)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,976,496 ratings — published 2014
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The Museum The Museum (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as museum)
avg rating 4.04 — 885 ratings — published 2013
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The Manual of Museum Exhibitions The Manual of Museum Exhibitions (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as museum)
avg rating 3.98 — 65 ratings — published 2001
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Fundraising the Dead (Museum, #1) Fundraising the Dead (Museum, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as museum)
avg rating 3.74 — 3,123 ratings — published 2010
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Museum Basics (Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management) Museum Basics (Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management)
by (shelved 6 times as museum)
avg rating 3.55 — 122 ratings — published 1993
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Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as museum)
avg rating 3.71 — 308 ratings — published 2001
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Making Museums Matter Making Museums Matter (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as museum)
avg rating 3.90 — 132 ratings — published 2002
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Penny & Pip Penny & Pip (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as museum)
avg rating 3.88 — 375 ratings — published 2023
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Why the Museum Matters (Why X Matters Series) Why the Museum Matters (Why X Matters Series)
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avg rating 3.87 — 100 ratings — published 2022
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Museum: the serial killer is laughing in the rain, vol. 3 Museum: the serial killer is laughing in the rain, vol. 3 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as museum)
avg rating 3.85 — 881 ratings — published 2014
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Museum: the serial killer is laughing in the rain, vol. 2 Museum: the serial killer is laughing in the rain, vol. 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as museum)
avg rating 4.08 — 955 ratings — published 2014
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Museum: the serial killer is laughing in the rain, vol. 1 Museum: the serial killer is laughing in the rain, vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as museum)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,206 ratings — published 2013
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Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as museum)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,832 ratings — published 2019
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Meet Me at the Museum Meet Me at the Museum (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as museum)
avg rating 3.92 — 15,433 ratings — published 2018
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Imagine! Imagine! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as museum)
avg rating 3.97 — 793 ratings — published 2018
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Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America's Culture Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America's Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as museum)
avg rating 4.39 — 415 ratings — published 2018
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The Art of Relevance The Art of Relevance (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as museum)
avg rating 4.05 — 681 ratings — published 2016
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Museums 101 Museums 101 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as museum)
avg rating 3.55 — 58 ratings — published 2015
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“Our lives are devoted to our absence—to the idea that no trace of ourselves should be left in our work.”
Christine Coulson, Metropolitan Stories

“Survival is a funny business, too. A losing game. Literally. They love us, and we lose them all. The ones who made us, the ones who gave us, the ones who sat down and played with us, the ones who held us, or just laid eyes on us. The ones who bought, traded, and sold us. Cleaned us, redeemed us, brought back the sheen on us. Loved us. Learned everything there is to know about us.”
Christine Coulson, Metropolitan Stories

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