Marketing the Museum [Hardcover]

Marketing the Museum is the ideal guide to the ways in which museums can overcome the numerous hurdles on the route to truly achieving a marketing orientation.

The history of the museum is one of shifting purposes and changing ideals and this volume asks if it is possible to define the 'product' which the modern museum can offer. This book explores the crucial question: Are the theories of marketing developed for manufactured goods in any way relevant to the experience of visiting a museum?

In covering one of the most highly disputed issues in the field, this book is essential reading for museum professionals, students and anyone who has dealing in the many branches of the heritage industry around the world.

The ideal guide to the ways in which museums can achieve a marketing orientation. It is essential reading for museum professionals, students and anyone in the heritage industry around the world.'Fiona McLean's book is particularly welcome since she has achieved a scholarly text, demonstrating clear understanding of the ethos of museums, as well as breadth of knowledge of marketing itself.' - Heritage Development

This book should be a resource, not just for museum marketing professionals, but also for museum directors, trustees, politicians and others who have oversight responsibility for museums. - Museum InternationalIntroduction Part I Issues and challenges 1 The museum context 2 The marketing context 3 The museum's environment 4 Museums and the public Part II The practice 5 The museum's markets 6 The museum product 7 Communicating the museum product 8 Resource attraction 9 Implementing the marketing effort Fictional case-study: Marketing plan for Currie Natural History Museum 10 Future developments for marketing the museumFiona McLean is a Lecturer in Marketing at tlÃ0