Marketing the Museum (Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management) - Hardcover

Mclean, Fiona

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415103924 ISBN 13: 9780415103923

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

Marketing the Museum is the ideal guide to the ways in which museums can overcome the numerous hurdles on the route to truly achieving a marketing orientation.

The history of the museum is one of shifting purposes and changing ideals and this volume asks if it is possible to define the 'product' which the modern museum can offer. This book explores the crucial question: Are the theories of marketing developed for manufactured goods in any way relevant to the experience of visiting a museum?

In covering one of the most highly disputed issues in the field, this book is essential reading for museum professionals, students and anyone who has dealing in the many branches of the heritage industry around the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Fiona McLean is a Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Stirling.

Review:

'Fiona McLean's book is particularly welcome since she has achieved a scholarly text, demonstrating clear understanding of the ethos of museums, as well as breadth of knowledge of marketing itself.' - Heritage Development

This book should be a resource, not just for museum marketing professionals, but also for museum directors, trustees, politicians and others who have oversight responsibility for museums. - Museum International

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0415103924
• ISBN 13: 9780415103923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268