Die 7. Ausgabe der "Grundlagen der praktischen Information und Dokumentation" (Erstausgabe 1972) heißt jetzt: „Grundlagen der Informationswissenschaft". Der Bezug zur Praxis und zur Ausbildung bleibt erhalten, aber der neue Titel trägt dem Rechnung, dass die wissenschaftliche theoretische...

Marketing communication is a concise part of modern museum management. Museums operate in a competitive environment; therefore, it is important to pay sustained attention to every component of a given museum's marketing communication. Changes, international trends, and visitor preferences have...

We study the economic effects of a reform of the national museum sector, the so-called Franceschini Reform, introduced in 2015. Among the most innovative aspects of the policy is the introduction of a different method - an international call for applications - in the selection of directors of...

Non-targeted analysis (NTA) was used in identifying volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a museum in China with the gas chromatograph (GC)−Orbitrap−mass spectrometer (MS). Approximately 230 VOCs were detected, of which 117 were observed at 100% frequency across all sampling sites. Although...

Der Klimawandel ist eines der bestimmenden Themen unserer Zeit. Auf internationaler Ebene haben speziell die Naturkundemuseen und Science Center erkannt, dass sie sich in der öffentlichen Klimadebatte neu positionieren müssen, um ihre Relevanz für die Gesellschaft zu sichern. In der...

Seit Jahrzehnten mussten Museen nicht mehr für so eine lange Zeit schließen wie zurzeit. Um trotz der Coronapandemie die Möglichkeit eines Museumsbesuches zu eröffnen, bieten viele Museen virtuelle Rundgänge an. So kann man beispielsweise ganz entspannt von Zuhause das Deutsche Museum...

To investigate how museums will change after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and to seek opinions on how well they can secure sustainable competitiveness, this study conducted 15 in-depth interviews using snowball sampling. The interviewees consisted of: an artists' group, a...

The purpose of this study was to explore what types of digital content cultural institutions implemented during COVID-19 temporary closures and their effects on social media engagement. Existing research identified the role of digital content and social media in cultural institutions, but only...

Museum networks are proliferating in the Mediterranean area showing new forms of collaboration between public and private institutions. Museums and heritage conservation play a fundamental role in tourism development. The purpose of the present working paper is to provide an analysis of the...

Museums with its cultural significance, as an integral part of cultural heritage, play vital roles in the economic development of a country by attracting both local and foreign tourists. Museums in Bangladesh may also contribute positively to the country’s economic development. This study...

Marketing communication is a concise part of modern museum management. Museums operate in a competitive environment; therefore, it is important to pay sustained attention to every component of a given museum's marketing communication. Changes, international trends, and visitor preferences have...

Hackathons as events for participative, creative problem solving, originating from software development have been adapted to many other industries in recent years, among them museums. A series of hackathons was implemented in museums in different countries in the Baltic Sea region, in an...

A common pricing structure for American art museums is to offer a choice between an admission fee for a single visit, and the purchase of an annual membership that would allow the member an unlimited number of visits with no additional charge. This paper evaluates this particular method of...

In the early part of the 19th century sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens were removed from the Acropolis under the direction of the Earl of Elgin, then the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, which at the time included Greece. The sculptures were brought to Britain, finding their way...

In the last decades museums have been pushed to adopt a range of strategies to cope with an increasingly challenging environment. In response to evolving cultural policies, lack of public funds available, the need to respond to social demands and better relate with territory and communities,...

Over the past twenty years, research on cultural tourism has sought to find a balance between tourism development and cultural heritage conservation. However scholars have not focused on the enhancement of local cultural heritage as an asset to raise awareness of new cultural destinations and to...

Many museums and art libraries have digitized their collections of artworks. Digital imaging capabilities represent a significant development in the academic study of art, and they enhance the availability of art images to the public at large. The possible uses of these images are likewise...

Economically relevant factors in asset pricing models should impound information on the future path of state variables that drive asset risk premia. Imposing this condition, we investigate which publicly available characteristics predict individual stock returns during the sample period used by...

Objective: The identification of museum attributes is essential when analyzing the different factors that attract visitors and studying it in order to improve efficiency in museums, as this could affect the use of funds for developing a marketing campaign to attract visitors. This paper offers a...

This essay provides a window into the circulation of Chinese paintings during the tumultuous political and economic environment of the 1940s and 1950s by examining Sherman E. Lee’s acquisitions of paintings from Walter Hochstadter during Lee’s early years as curator of Asian art at the...

The purpose of this article is detection of different possibilities for the representation of a university corporation in the UK realized through various museum practices. This research focuses on two groups of university museums selected on the principle whether they form some kind of a...

Hackathons as events for participative, creative problem solving, originating from software development have been adapted to many other industries in recent years, among them museums. A series of hackathons was implemented in museums in different countries in the Baltic Sea region, in an...

Mit dem gesellschaftlichen Wandel kommen traditionelle Arbeitsweisen von Museen zunehmend an ihre Grenzen: Die Rahmenbedingungen für das Management von Kulturinstitutionen verändern sich grundlegend. Dennoch sind Themen wie Cultural Entrepreneur- und Leadership, Design Thinking und künstliche...