Planning Successful Museum Building Projects, a new book from AltaMira Press, provides all the tools for successfully managing new construction, renovation, or expansion projects from predesign through opening and operations. If you are working on a building renovation or considering a new facility, this book will guide you through the process with practical advice on planning, design, funding, construction, communications, and evaluating success. 
The authors, architect Walter L. Crimm, director of the cultural design group of Ewing Cole in Philadelphia, associate professor of museum studies Martha Morris of The George Washington University, and former Smithsonian Institution director of budget and planning, L. Carole Wharton, have developed this practical text on best practices for building projects. The book, available in hard cover or paperback, can be purchased from AltaMira at the following site: http://www.altamirapress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0759111863&thepassedurl=%5Bthepassedurl%5D


Martha Morris 
Associate Professor and Assistant Director 
Museum Studies Department 
George Washington University 
2147 F Street NW 
Washington, D.C.  20052 
202-994-7146 

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