The Manual of Museum Planning

by Barry Lord (Editor)

Over the past decade, The Manual of Museum Planning has become the definitive text for those concerned with the planning, design, construction, renovation, or expansion of a museum or public gallery. The fully revised second edition of this hugely successful book not only updates the first but also adds chapters on visitors with special needs, fund-raising feasibility studies, institutional planning, and other subjects. An essential resource for all museum professionals as well as trustees, architects, designers, and government agencies involved with the dynamic world of museums and galleries.

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Genres: Museology, Museums

Paperback

First published September 28, 1999

About the author

Barry Lord is internationally known as one of the world's leading museum planners. Based in Toronto but working globally, Barry brings over fifty years of experience in the management and planning of museums, galleries and historic sites to the hundreds of projects he has directed. With a B.A. in Philosophy from McMaster University followed by graduate work at Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions, Barry co-founded Lord Cultural Resources with his wife Gail Lord in 1981. Together they edited and wrote the world's first book on the subject, Planning Our Museums (1983) and three editions of The Manual of Museum Planning (1991, 1999 and 2012). Barry also co-authored The Cost of Collecting (1989) and The Manual of Museum Management (1997; 2nd edition, 2009), co-edited two editions of The Manual of Museum Exhibitions (2002 and 2014), and edited the first edition of The Manual of Museum Learning (2007). Barry co-authored Artists, Patrons, and the Public: Why Culture Changes with Gail in 2010. His most recent book, Art and Energy: How Culture Changes was published by the American Alliance of Museums in 2014.