Museum Practice: Legal Issues

A Companion to Museum Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 442-456

  Gerstenblith, Patty ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Financial benefits; Legal issues; Museums; Nonprofit organizations; Scientific advancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890992975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996836.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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