The Official Museum Directory 2016 by 
Riches, Rivals and Radicals: 100 Years of Museums in America by 
A Companion to Museum Studies by 
Museum Basics by 
Reinventing the Museum by 
New Museum Theory and Practice: An Introduction by 
Museums and Communities: The Politics of Public Culture by 
Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display by 
Exhibiting Contradiction: Essays on the Art Museum in the United States by Conveniently, we arrange our books by subject according to the Library of Congress call number system. To find books relating to Museum Studies, you can browse the following call number ranges. Also remember that within these ranges are specific artists, regions, movements, etc.
| AM 1-501 | Museums (General) |
| E 159-172 | Historical Museums (United States) |
| F 1-975 | State Historical Museums (shelved by state with other state material) |
| N 400-4042 | Art Museums, Galleries, etc. (arranged by country, subdivided by city) |
| Q 105 | Science Museums (shelved with other science books) |
You may also want to try searching our online catalog by specific artist, movement, region, or medium.
“I think museums are in a marvelously interesting place in American society now. The largest issues that are in life center around values that have to do with things like tolerance, diversity, and freedom of expression which museums can translate against our own history.”
Edmund B. Gaither,
Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists