In a series of authoritative essays, this important and substantial book, over 500 pages in length, examines in depth how museums globally are succeeding – in many different ways – in reaching and involving social groups traditionally overlooked or excluded from the museum experience. The New Museum Community: Audiences, Challenges, Benefits is an invaluable and inspiring guide for any museum, gallery or cultural organisation – large or small – intent on engaging with the broadest possible audience.,/p>

Among the twenty organisations sharing their cutting-edge experience are: 1 Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh 2 Colorado State University 3 Conner Prairie Interactive History Park 4 Manchester Museum 5 Miami Science Centre 6 Museo Nazionale della Scienza, Milan 7 Museum of London 8 Museums Luton 9 Penn State University 10 University of Brighton 11 University of Edinburgh 12 University of Newcastle 13 User-Lab, Birmingham City University