Towards the Museum of the Future reviews the major current concerns in European museums through a series of missioned, authoritative essays. Written against a background of unprecedented change in museums and society, the essays explore how museums are variously attempting to maintain their role in a culturally and politically unstable world. The essays present a wide range of sometimes contradictory views on museums, exhibitions and museum education. They embrace case studies, general reviews and theoretical analyses, and are written from a variety of practical and theoretical points of view. Areas covered include European museums and the people who visit them; museums and the media; museums and exhibition design; the educational significance of museums in formal and informal settings. This is the first book to approach current problems from such a wide perspective. Its authors, from seven countries, prehensive coverage ranging not just geographically across Europe, but over most types of exhibitions and audiences in science, history and art museums. Roger Miles is Head of the Department of Public Services at the Natural History Museum in London, where he has been responsible for a long series of major exhibitions for the general public. Lauro Zavala is Professor in the Department of Education munication at the Metropolitan Autonomous University at Xochimilco in Mexico City. The Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management programme has been designed to serve the needs of the museum and munity worldwide. It publishes books and information services for professional museum and heritage workers, and for all the organisations that service the munity. Editor-in-chief: Andrew Wheatcroft Architecture in Conservation: Managing Development at historic sites James Strike The Development of Costume Naomi Tarrant Forward Planning: A handbook of business, corporate and development planning for museums and