Museum, Media, Message Book

	List of figures
	List of tables
	Notes on contributors
1	Museums and communication: an introductory essay	1
2	Collecting as medium and message	15
3	The museum message: between the document and information	24
4	Exhibitions as communicative media	37
5	Observations on semiotic aspects in the museum work of Otto Neurath: reflections on the 'Bildpadagogische Schriften' (writings on visual education)	59
6	Early museums and nineteenth-century media	72
7	New technologies for museum communication	82
8	Education, sunflowers and the new vulgarity in art museums	97
9	Changing media, changing messages	107
10	Museums in partnership	124
11	A museum manager discusses museum communication	135
12	Learning from each other: museums and older members of the community - the People's Story	140
13	Disabled people and museums: the case for partnership and collaboration	151
14	Integrating school visits, tourists and the community at the Archaeological Resource Centre, York, UK	156
15	Changing our minds: planning a responsive museum service	165
16	Museums, myths and missionaries: redressing the past for a new South Africa	175
17	Evaluating teaching and learning in museums	189
18	Responsive evaluation in museum education	204
19	The museum as medium in the aesthetic response of schoolchildren	213
20	Evaluation of school work in the Rutland Dinosaur Gallery	223
21	The evaluation of museum-school programmes: the case of historic sites	235
22	Andragogy (adult education) in the museum: a critical analysis and new formulation	245
23	Communicating and learning in Gallery 33: evidence from a visitor study	260
24	Family groups in museums: an Indian experience	276
25	Here to help: evaluation and effectiveness	281
	Index	294