Embedding civil engagement in museums

Museum Management and Curatorship

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-146

  Black, Graham ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil engagement; Community empowerment; Evaluation; Governance; Museum management; Shared authority; Social responsibility; Visitor experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952823872     PISSN: 09647775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647771003737257     Document Type: Article

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