International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship最新文献

Computers II: The role of older descriptions and identifications of objects in a museum database 计算机II:博物馆数据库中旧物品的描述和识别的作用

International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 1989-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/0260-4779(89)90010-1

John Burnet, David Clarke

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World of museums 世界博物馆

International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 1989-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/0260-4779(89)90008-3

P.C.-B.

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Publications digest 出版物消化

International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 1989-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/0260-4779(89)90014-9

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Documentation: Compiling a photographic thesaurus 文档:编写一个摄影辞典

International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 1989-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/0260-4779(89)90012-5

Richard Pearce-Moses

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Learning history in museums 在博物馆学习历史

International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 1989-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/0260-4779(89)90003-4

David Anderson

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Annual index 年度指标

International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 1989-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/0260-4779(89)90015-0

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Working exhibits and the destruction of evidence in the science museum 科学博物馆的工作展品和销毁证据

International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 1989-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/0260-4779(89)90004-6

Peter Robert Mann

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Computers III: The United Kingdom museum databases project 计算机III:英国博物馆数据库项目

International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 1989-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/0260-4779(89)90011-3

Charles Chadwyck-Healey

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Conservation: Conferences 保护:会议

International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 1989-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/0260-4779(89)90013-7

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Notes on contributors 贡献者说明

International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship Pub Date : 1989-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/0260-4779(89)90001-0

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