Museums of the World

In its 15th edition Museums of the World covers more than 54,500 museums in 202 countries, listed hierarchically by country and place, and within places alphabetically by name. A separate chapter records some 500 museum associations in 132 countries.

Each museum has been assigned to one or more of 22 categories identifying
the type and focus of the museum.

A typical entry contains the following details:

Name of the museum in the original language with an English translation when necessary;
Address, phone and fax numbers
E-mail address and URL
Type of museum
Year of foundation
Head of museum
Academic staff
Collections and facilities
An alphabetical index of museums, an index of persons covering directors, presidents, curators and academic
staff of the museums,a personality index recording artists whose works are shown predominantly in a specific museum and/or referring to memorabilia of famous individuals, and a subject index facilitate the access to the data.

Product details

• Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2008
• EAN: 9783598206955
• ISBN: 978-3-598-20695-5
• No. of pages: 1462
• Weight: 4692 g
• Illustrations: 2 vols., cplt. xxii, 1.440 pages
• Subject: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Address books, telephone directories, timetables, shopping guides