Museum philosophy for the twenty-first century / edited by Hugh H. Genoways.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Assuming responsibility : lessons from aesthetics / Hilde Hein -- Mind as verb / David Carr -- The museum : where civilizations clash or clash civilizes? / Timothy W. Luke -- Legal and ethical considerations in museum acquisitions / Marilyn Phelan -- Connection, recollection, and museum missions / Sherene Suchy -- Museums and restlessness / Jean-Paul Martinon -- Philosophy and the ends of the museum / Donald Preziosi -- The moral obligations incumbent upon institutions, administrators, and directors in maintaining and caring for museum collections / Michael A. Mares -- As long as the grass will grow : my teaching philosophy / Chuck Dailey -- Science centers : creating a platform for twenty-first century innovation / Lesley Lewis and Jennifer L. Martin -- Renewing the social contract at Berkeley / Douglas Sharon -- Museums and (in)justice / Jennifer Eichstedt -- Open minds : inclusive practice / Helen Coxall -- African American museums in the twenty-first century / Christy S. Coleman -- Learning by looking : the future of museums / Franklin W. Robinson -- A plea for silence : putting art back into the art museum / Didier Maleuvre --

Values, advocacy, and science : toward an empirical philosophy for zoo and aquarium leadership / Terry L. Maple and Suma Mallavarapu -- Current trends in governance and management of museums in Europe / Patrick J Boylan -- To members of the museum profession / Hugh H. Genoways -- The power of museum pedagogy / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill -- Defining our museum audience : an extraordinary opportunity / Jeffrey H. Patchen -- How can museums attract visitors in the twenty-first century? / Scott G. Paris -- Community choices, museum concerns / Robert R. Archibald.