Inspiring Action

In this ground-breaking book, leading professionals contribute practical, theoretical, historical - and always inspiring - case studies on how museums and galleries are responding to the social challenges of the 21st century.
Issues addressed include:

Helping rehabilitate young offenders
Reskilling long-term unemployed people
Providing new enjoyment for the elderly
Supporting disadvantaged minorities
The book shares pioneering museum experience from the UK, USA, Australia and Africa, exploring the theory and practice of building inclusion and participation into museum and gallery programmes. Among the leading institutions whose experience is featured here are:
Clark Art Institute
Dulwich Art Gallery
Durban Art Gallery
Royal Armouries Museum
Tate Modern
Tower of London
V&A
Weeksville Heritage Center
We guarantee you'll find this book powerful, moving - and an inspiration to action.