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1	The Vatican more books like this by Michael Collins add to wishlist "The Vatican" is a unique, behind-the-scenes tour of the world's smallest nation and the spiritual center of the Roman Catholic Church. Written by a former employee of the Vatican, this book offers readers an unprecedented photographic journey. see all copies from $16.82! new only from $23.44! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Danny Danziger add to wishlist A unique oral portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, these 52 interviews with everyone from the director to cleaners to philanthropists and millionaires offer a glimpse behind the scenes of one of the greatest museums in the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.27! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Beyond the Grave more books like this by Marcia Muller add to wishlist The bestselling author of "The McCone Files" teams up with the creator of the "Nameless Detective" for a collaborative mystery that bridges the San Franciscos of 1894 and 1986. Muller and Pronzini masterfully parallel the investigations of turn-of-the-century detective Quincannon and Chicana amateur sleuth Elena Oliverez. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums more books like this by Carol Duncan, Duncan Carol add to wishlist The material conditions in which the production and consumption of art takes place is a topic of increasing importance in art history. This title studies art as an industry and a public practice, looking at how nations, institutions and private individuals present art to the community and how art museums are shaped by cultural, social and ... see all copies from $21.93! new only from $22.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Mona winks : self-guided tours of Europe's top museums more books like this by Rick Steves add to wishlist Rick Steves doesn't just list where to travel in Europe, he leads travellers through the "back door", revealing how to give every journey an extra, more authentic dimension. He shows travellers how to delve into European culture, and experience each region's natural wonders - economically and hassle-free. Rick Steves' television series Travels in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.55! \| first editions
6	Masterworks in Berlin more books like this by Colin Eisler, PH.D. add to wishlist A survey of the entire range of art works from newly reunified Berlin. The cold war division of the city also divided Berlin's cultural heritage and this is the first time, in book form, that this heritage can be viewed as a whole. Included are more than 700 color plates. see all copies from $30.00! new only from $35.00! \| first editions
7	Rick Steves' Mona Winks: Self-Guided Tours of Europe's Top Museums more books like this by Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw add to wishlist Rick Steves doesn't just list where to travel in Europe, he leads travellers through the "back door", revealing how to give every journey an extra, more authentic dimension. He shows travellers how to delve into European culture, and experience each region's natural wonders - economically and hassle-free. Rick Steves' television series Travels in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95!
8	Babar's Museum of Art more books like this by Laurent de Brunhoff add to wishlist Following the success of "Babar's Yoga," De Brunhoff's latest Babar adventure has even wider appeal for art-lovers everywhere. Babar decides to share his growing art collection with the public by converting Celesteville's former train station into a museum. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Art Museum from Boullee to Bilbao more books like this by Andrew McClellan add to wishlist Art museums have emerged in recent decades as the most vibrant and popular of all cultural institutions. Though art museums have never been more popular, their direction and values are now being contested as never before - both in the media and in the art world itself. This engaging thematic history of the art museum from its inception in the ... see all copies from $12.45! new only from $29.73! \| SVS
10	Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre, and Elsewhere more books like this by Michael Kimmelman add to wishlist The chief art critic of "The New York Times" offers engaging, informal profiles of great contemporary artists, recording not only what they chose to look at in various museums but also what they revealed about themselves in the process. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Visiting the Art Museum more books like this by Laurene Krasny Brown, Marc Tolon Brown add to wishlist This cheery look at one family's visit to a museum introduces young children to fine art and shows what fun such a trip can be. "A lively, fact-filled introduction for the whole family, with animated drawings and full-color reproductions of art from all over the world".--Publishers Weekly. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Jinx more books like this by Jennifer Estep add to wishlist Bella would feel better about being born into a family of superheroes if her own superpower was something she could control. Sparks then fly when she comes upon a dashing playboy with a design for danger. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.22! \| SVS
13 view cover	Issues in Heritage, Museums and Galleries: An Introductory Reader more books like this by Gerard Corsane (Editor) add to wishlist This reader provides a starting point and introductory resource for anyone wishing to engage with certain key issues relating to the heritage, museums and galleries sector. see all copies from $43.07! new only from $43.07! \| SVS
14 view cover	Artists and their museums on the Riviera more books like this by Barbara F. Freed, Alan Halpern add to wishlist An abundantly illustrated book on the art and design of the people of Thrace, featuring gold and silver jewelry, ornaments, and vases. The Thracians, an ancient people living north of Greece, fought against the Greeks in the Trojan War. An accompanying catalog to a 1998 traveling U.S. art exhibition. see all copies from $3.60! new only from $6.15! \| first editions
15 view cover	Whose Muse?: Art Museums and the Public Trust more books like this by James Cuno (Editor), Philippe de Montebello, Glenn D Lowry add to wishlist During the economic boom of the 1990s, art museums expanded dramatically in size, scope, and ambition. They came to be seen as new civic centers: on the one hand as places of entertainment, leisure, and commerce, on the other as socially therapeutic institutions. But museums were also criticized for everything from elitism to looting or illegally ... see all copies from $10.12! new only from $18.15!
16 view cover	Marketing and Public Relations Handbook for Museums, Galleries and Heritage Attractions more books like this by Sue Rungard, Ylva French, David Fleming (Foreword by) add to wishlist This definitive guide describes the role of marketing and effective marketing and public relations techniques any museum or heritage site can utilize. see all copies from $44.86! new only from $54.13! \| SVS
17	Mona Winks: Self-Guided Tours of Europe's Top Museums more books like this by Dick Steves, Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw add to wishlist For the traveler who hasn't studied art history and doesn't speak French, here is a tested strategy for getting the most enjoyment out of the 45 most interesting museums, castles, and palaces in Europe. Maps and photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.20!
18 view cover	Pick Me Up more books like this by Zoe Rice add to wishlist Introducing this season's most delightful new heroine. Yesterday Izzy was a happily single, full-fl edged New York gallerista, selling hundred-thousand dollar paintings, and in line for a whopping promotion. Today? The ancient owner of the gallery dropped dead, leaving Izzy's entire professional future in the hands of the new owner, Avery Devon. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Bowl Is Already Broken more books like this by Mary Kay Zuravleff add to wishlist In this big, rewarding novel about art, politics, family, terrorism, courage, and happiness, Promise Whittaker, the diminutive but decisive acting director of the National Museum of Asian Art, is pregnant again--and that's just the beginning of her difficulties. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Denver Art Museum: Art Spaces--Denver Art Museum more books like this by Scala Publishers (Creator), Laura Caruso add to wishlist An insider's look at the process of building the Denver Art Museum's expansion project, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind. see all copies from $2.27! new only from $4.87! \| SVS
21 view cover	Understanding the Art Museum more books like this by Barbara Beall-Fofana add to wishlist This handbook gives students essential museum-going guidance to help them make the most of their experience seeing art outside of the classroom. Case studies, a list of major museums in the United States as well as key cities across the world are incorporated into the text. see all copies from $3.81! new only from $23.67!
22 view cover	Greatest Works of Art of Western Civilization more books like this by Thomas Hoving add to wishlist A personal choice of the finest masterpieces in western art, by the man who revolutionized the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Included in his choice of 111 works are paintings by Rembrandt and Jackson Pollock, frescoes by Piero Della Francesca, mosaics, alterpieces and tapestries. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
23 view cover	Exhibiting Contradictions more books like this by Alan Wallach add to wishlist The author of this text considers the way art museums have depicted and continue to depict American society and the American past. He explores issues from the absence of art museums before the Civil War, to the dilemma of the Museum of Modern Art over their "West as America" exhibition. see all copies from $7.95! new only from $22.30! \| SVS
24	Alfred Stieglitz: - Volume I & II: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs more books like this by Sarah Greenough, National Gallery of Art add to wishlist Few individuals have exerted as profound an influence on 20th-century American art and culture as Alfred Stieglitz (1846-1964). This two-volume boxed set is the catalogue of the Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, the most complete Stieglitz holding in the world, donated to the gallery by his ... see all copies from $95.00! new only from $95.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Art and Its Publics: Museum Studies at the Millennium more books like this by Andrew McClellan (Editor) add to wishlist "Art and its Publics" explores the interface between the art object, its site of display, and the viewing public. Engines of democracy at their inception during the French Revolution, public museums have since fostered the democratization of art. As museum-going has increased dramatically in recent years, the question of 'whose museum?' and how ... see all copies from $27.00! new only from $37.92! \| SVS

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