Leadership for the Future: Changing Directorial Roles in American History Museums and Historical Societies : Collected EssaysBryant Franklin Tolles The role of museum director has gone through many changes over the years. It is for this reason that Bryant F. Tolles, Jr. has written this insightful volume of thought-provoking essays on this transforming position in American history museums and historical societies. Leadership for the Future takes a multifaceted look at the role of director, examining its function as intellectual leader and educator; initiator of professional standards and training; legal guardian, organizer, and energizer for planning; fund raiser, marketing agent, and cultivator of institutional support; internal communicator; fiscal, facilities, and security manager. Image, social responsibilities, and positions within the public sector are also defined, along with the director's role in collections development, management, and conservation; exhibit and educational interpretation; and research functions. For museum directors or anyone who aspires to that role, this is useful, thoughtful reading. |
Contents
Historical Prologue | 5 |
The Directors Mask | 23 |
The Director as Intellectual Leader and Educator | 29 |
The Social Responsibilities of History Museum Directors | 37 |
The Director as Initiator of Professional Standards and Training | 49 |
The Directors Role In Collections Development Management and Conservation | 65 |
The Directors Role in Exhibition and Educational Interpretation | 73 |
The Director and the Research Function of Historical Institutions | 85 |
The Director as Organizer and Energizer for Planning | 107 |
The Director as Fund Raiser Marketing Agent and Cultivator of Institutional Support | 123 |
The Diamond Link The Director as Internal Communicator | 137 |
The Director as Fiscal Facilities and Security Manager | 147 |
The Director and the Public Sector | 157 |
African American Museums and the New Century Challenges in Leadership | 169 |
The Multifaceted Role of the Small History Museum Director | 185 |
Notes | 195 |
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