Future Heritage: 2008 and Beyond
August 26, 2008
Two new business books are available:
Future Heritage: UK
This essential 486 page volume over £4 billion worth of museum projects is a must-read for all vendors selling into the UK's museum and heritage sector. Detailed entries, including contact information on over 200 projects, scheduled to complete in the UK from 2008 onwards, will make this a valuable tool for all marketing and sales professionals in the industry. Projects include Tate Two, the Riverside Museum, Biota!, Petrie Museum, Turner Contemporary, the Hepworth Wakefield and Museum of London.
Future Heritage: Europe, the Middle East and Asia
Major new museum and heritage projects across Europe, the Middle East and Asia are detailed in this valuable new research volume, published by Heritage Development. From the Louvre Lens to the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, the New Acropolis Museum in Athens to the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, museum suppliers will find the detailed contact information on each project a valuable source of new leads and market intelligence.
Children and Museums
April 17, 2007
Creating exceptional experiences for children and the family audience
Full of practical advice and inspirational ideas, Children and Museums brings together a unique collection of enlightening conversations with some of the leading professionals working in children's museums around the world today.
Praise for Children and Museums
"An interesting, informative and inspiring guide for all those working in museums committed to developing best practice in working with children and families"
Alison Lightbown
Head of Learning and Education, Geffrye Museum, London
"These professionals clearly love the ways they can help children realise their potential in museum environments and all communicate their passion and excitement"
David Souden
Head of Access and Learning, Historic Royal Palaces
"Extremely enlightening...demonstrates the good practice that all of us working closely with children and families in museums can learn from"
Karen Hosack
Head of Schools, National Gallery, London
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The ten contributors to this new book are leading experts who have been involved in some of the most exciting and successful museum projects for children in recent years, both in the UK and USA. They know what works and how best to achieve it. This is designed to be a book which museum professionals will keep returning to again and again for expert advice and inspiration.
With your new insider knowledge you'll be able to share your expert tips and new ideas with colleagues to make this book a valuable ongoing learning experience. In information-packed, wide-ranging interviews readers gain access to key professionals working with children in museums and benefit from their years of experience in creating memorable and award-winning environments and education programmes for children and families.
The contributors are:
Jane Werner
Director, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Leigh-Anne Stradeski
Director, Eureka! The Museum for Children, Halifax, UK
Connie Martinez
Executive Director, Children's Discovery Museum, San José, USA
Shari Buckello
Executive Director, Children's Discovery Museum, Normal, Illinois, USA
Diane Lees
Director, V&A Museum of Childhood, London, UK
Tom Downey
Executive Director, Children's Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA
Theresa Dhaliwal
Museum Manager, Livesey Museum for Children, London, UK
Wendy Blackwell
Director of Education, National Children's Museum, Washington DC, USA
Amelia Foster
Director, Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre, Great Missenden, UK
Chuyi Wang
Project Executive, Children's Museum of Taipei, Taiwan
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This book is published by Heritage Development Ltd - United Kingdom
Approx. 150 pages | 6x9 inches | Editor: Gregory Chamberlain
Future Heritage
April 10, 2007
Future Heritage: Where The New Projects Are In Europe, The Middle East And Asia
Future Heritage is the product of over six months' detailed research on new museum and heritage projects in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. And as a result, the value of the projects it contains exceeds a massive $9,046 million dollars!
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In it, you'll discover every type of project: from small-scale visitor centre refurbishments to major multi-million dollar new-build attractions. There are details of projects of interest to every size and type of company. And for each you get the all-important detailed contact information you need. In fact, within minutes, you can be in touch with major new prospective clients.
You'll discover:
* The exciting new Aerospace Museum in Asia which is taking the USA's breathtaking National Air and Space Museum as its model.
* The $49 million new-build Natural History Museum which, when completed, aims to be one of the ten most important in the world.
* The 125-acre project to create an urban zoo, just 15 minutes from the centre of one of the world's greatest cities.
* The pioneering new Archaeological Museum, "at the north and south of the world", with its futuristic architectural design.
* The new $132 million Centre for Contemporary Art being planned in the heart of one of Europe's great cities.
* The newly announced Museum of Electronic Games which will form the heart of a new multi-million-dollar property development.
"I am hugely impressed with the amount and quality of intelligence you have on international projects."
Prof. Jack Lohman, Chairman, International Council of Museums (UK)
Future Heritage is sponsored by Antenna Audio, part of Discovery Travel Media
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