"This unique and much-needed directory will be useful for practitioners, researchers, teachers, and tourists."
-CHOICE
"The first guide of its kind in over half a century, this work contains 1,108 descriptions in 24 categories. It presents a comprehensive picture of museums, galleries, and related facilities in American universities and colleges.... Beyond being fascinating in its scope, the book provides a wide variety of information about the operations of the facilities..."
-ACUMG News & Review
"Danilov, the compiler of several other museum directories, describes more than 1,000 art museums, botanical gardens, observatories, libraries with exhibt galleries, and specialized museums--academic and large public libraries will find it useful."
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University & College Museums, Galleries & Related Facilities:
A Descriptive Directory
Second Edition

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Pub. Date: April 2011
Softcover: 600 pages
ISBN: 1-59237-674-6/978-1-59237-674-2
Price: $165.00
EBook ISBN: 978-1-59237-675-9 EBook Vendors

The only resource of its kind, this work presents a comprehensive picture of over 1,100 museums, galleries, and related facilities in American universities and colleges. It is an essential in-house reference tool for all campus museums and galleries and should be found in university, college, and public libraries as well. Students and their visitors may be surprised at the wealth and variety of culture readily available on their own campuses, and this guide makes the investigatory task easy.

• Detailed introductory chapters offer an overview of the field, dealing with such aspects as history, mission, types, governance, and much more
• Updated Directory of Organization with detailed information on museums and collections of art, botanical gardens, costumes, geology, historical houses & sites, marine sciences, medical & health, musical instruments, natural history, photography, planetaria, religion, science & technology, sculptures, zoology and much more
• Appendix, Selected Bibliography and Cumulative Index complete the text
• Available in print and ebook formats

Beyond being fascinating in its scope, this reference provides a wide variety of information about the operations of the facilities, practical details that are not available anywhere else.

Pub. Date: April 2011
Softcover: 600 pages
ISBN: 1-59237-674-6/978-1-59237-674-2
Price: $165.00
EBook ISBN: 978-1-59237-675-9 EBook Vendors

Note: If you find this work does not fit your budget, please print out this page and bring it to your local library. There is a reasonable chance they either have a copy, can direct you to a library that does, or will be willing to purchase it for their reference collection.