Museum and Gallery Studies: The Basics is an accessible guide for the student approaching Museum and Gallery Studies for the first time. Taking a global view, it covers the key ideas, approaches and contentious issues in the field. Balancing theory and practice, the book address important questions such as:

• What are museums and galleries?
• Who decides which kinds of objects are worthy of collection?
• What do I need to know about practical care, conservation and collection management?
• How are museums and galleries funded?
• What ethical concerns do practitioners need to consider?
• How is the field of Museum and Gallery Studies developing?

Complete with chronologies, glossaries and suggestions for further reading, this user-friendly text is

an essential read for anyone entering professions within museums and galleries, or seeking to understand academic debates in the field.