Sounds very interesting can you tell me how much that is in US dollars.

               *Patsy*
Museum Educator Extraordinaire


Patsy Green
103 Newbury Road
Howell, NJ  07731-2156

908-364-6409

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> From: Hilkka Vallisaari <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: ESSAYS ON MUSEUMS AND THEIR THEORY
> Date: Tuesday, June 03, 1997 3:44 AM
>
> ESSAYS ON MUSEUMS AND THEIR THEORY
> Towards the cybernetic museum
>
> The Finnish Museums Association has published a collection of essays by
> Professor Tomislav Sola. The author is a well-known Croatian
> museologist. The books contains his views and ideas from last years.
>
> Tomislav Sola
> ESSAYS ON MUSEUMS AND THEIR THEORY
> Towards the cybernetic museum
> The Finnish Museums Association
> Museological Publications 1
> ISBN 951-9426-18-3
> ISSN 1239-9841
> Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy, Saarijärvi 1997
> 293 pages, price 180 FIM + handling & bank charge FIM 50 + postage
>
> Table of contents:
>
> 0       FOREWORD
>
> I       INTRODUCTION
>         1. Six questions of an interested layman
>         2. Identity ­ a reflection on a crucial problem for museums
>         3. The prologue to a cybernetic museum
>
> II      THE MUSEUM INSTITUTION
>         1. An introduction to the critique of museums
>         2. Old and new
>         3. Museums and development
>         4. The role of museums in developing countries
>         5. Science and technology museums
>         6. Regional museums in multiethnic society
>
> III     MUSEUMS AND THE USERS
>         1. Museums in cultural and social evolution
>         2. From education to communication
>         3. The public use of museums ­ a view upon the context
>         4. The educational role of art museums
>         5. Museums and the needs of people
>         6. From interpretation to communication
>
> IV      MUSEUMS AND CURATORSHIP
>         1. Museum professionals ­ the endangered species
>         2. Museums and curatorship ­ the role of theory
>         3. New professionals in the age of synthesis
>         4. Museum ethics and museology
>
> V       THE TIME FOR THEORY
>         1. Towards a modern concept of museology
>         2. The concept and nature of museology
>         3. The limited reach of museology, or could museology stand a
sandstorm
> or tropical rain?
>         4. What is museology?
>         5. The future of museums and the role of museology
>         6. An introduction to mnemosophy as the general theory of
heritage
>         7. Definitions and revisions ­ towards the total museum
>         8. Can theory help and be pro-active?
>         9. Making the total museum possible
>
> VI      CONCLUSION
>         1. Beyond the sharing of knowledge
>         2. Seven questions that most often perplex my students (and my
attempt
> to Help Them with Short Answers)
>
>
> If you are interested in ordering the book, please contact:
> The Finnish Museums Association
> Annankatu 16 B 50
> FIN-00120 Helsinki
> FINLAND
> tel +358-9-649 001
> fax +358-9-608 330
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
> With best regards
> Hilkka Vallisaari
> Information Officer
> The Finnish Museums Association