This volume is a guide to the difficult ethical questions museums work entails. While promoting the value of ethical theory and practice in museums, Edson tackles several key controversies and also corrects a number of prevailing misconceptions about museum ethics, such as the difference between social morals and professional ethics as they relate to the museum context.
Drawing on the author’s extensive teaching experience,
Museum Ethics in Practice
offers clear and practical guidance on the application of ethics to the museum
profession. Using example-driven arguments that incorporate varied case studies
from around the world, this book is an excellent resource for museum studies
students and professionals currently working in museums.