Abstract
The situation in which museums find themselves is not unlike many other parts of society. Creative changes come to mind but are restricted by tradition, bureaucratic rules, as well as self-imposed constraints by positioning as icons and engaging in a particular architecture. This chapter discusses several suggestions for innovative moves such as flexibility in pricing, broader lending activities, or the possibility to sell objects.
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See http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/france-chauvet-cave-makes-grand-debut-180954582/?no-ist, Accessed 5.9.2015.
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This line of thought goes back to Alan Peacock.
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The authors are grateful for insightful discussions with the Director of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, Dr. Andreas Spillmann, and a representative of the Royal Museum of British Columbia in Victoria, without implying them in any way with the arguments provided in this chapter. The discussion of exit prices builds on one of our previous papers (see Frey and Steiner 2012). The authors are grateful for helpful remarks especially to Francoise Benhamou, Isidoro Mazza, Anna Mignosa, Margit Osterloh, David Throsby, Ruth Towse, Michele Trimarchi and Ezra Zubrow.
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Frey, B.S., Steiner, L. (2016). Towards More Innovative Museums. In: Rizzo, I., Towse, R. (eds) The Artful Economist. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40637-4_11
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