Museum pricing in contemporary museums : a hybrid model

What are the museum pricing strategies in contemporary western museums? A large qualitative study on museum pricing decisions was conducted between 2001 and 2009, based on thirty case studies in Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France Australia. Results show that the different strategic motivations of price decisions fonn a hybrid model. The hybrid model varies according to unequal organisational learning of the strategic role of pricing in the international museum community. A discussion about these results enables us to understand how this hybrid pricing model in contemporary museums denotes their hybrid transitional identity.

Computer databases and the Jewish Museum of Australia : investigating the future to access the past

This thesis aims to analyse the needs of museums in terms of computer databases, examine the ways in which these databases can assist with cataloguing and museum operations in general, and survey current database programs available. The Jewish Museum of Australia is used as a pilot study to practically apply the issues discussed.

The changing role of the museum curator

The hypothesis of this thesis is that the traditional role of the museum curator has fundamentally changed. The role of the curator was found to vary according to the context in which the curator worked but overall, significant changes were found to be occurring within the curatorial role.

Visitor understanding of museum practices and processes

The study was conducted over 3 years and explored beyond what visitors to museum exhibitions learnt from written labels, to what they learnt and knew about the museum as an institution, its staff and their knowledge and understanding of the subliminal messages of exhibitions. The site used as the Victorian historical mansion, Werribee Park. Visitors to the 1880s Costume Exhibition were surveyed.

Developing a collections management policy for the Ethnology Division of the National Museum, Monuments and Art Gallery of Botswana

The culture and political environments of Botswana influence the collections management policy of its' National Museum, Monuments and Art Gallery. The emphasis of this research is to make the museum relevent to the needs of the local people by developing more suitable ideas. The developed policy is intended to reflect these unique needs.