The Manual of Museum Management presents a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the principles of museum organization, the ways in which people work together to accomplish museum objectives, and the ways in which museums, large and small, can function most effectively.

This new edition offers updated information on management practices to satisfy the current needs of museum professionals. All new contemporary case studies provided by practitioners from museums and galleries around the world bring the principles to life with first-hand accounts of challenges and achievements in the operation of museums today.

Gail Lord is one of the world’s foremost museum planners. She is also an art critic, commentator, public speaker and co-author of six museum planning manuals and several books.Gail co-founded Lord Cultural Resources with her husband Barry Lord in 1981 with the aim to deliver specialised planning services to the museum and cultural sector.Since then, the firm has grown into one of the world’s leading cultural planning firms focused on museums, cultural districts and the creative economy. With headquarters in Toronto, it also has offices in New York, London, Mumbai and Beijing. It has now completed over 2,500 projects in 57 countries and 450 cities.