Elaine Heumann Gurian is a consultant and advisor to museums and visitor centers that are beginning, building, or reinventing themselves. She specializes in advising government museums—large and small, national and international—that are undergoing significant change. In 2004 she received the Distinguished Service to Museums Award, America's most important museum honor, presented by the American Association of Museums. Her website contains details of her career, which included a lengthy period (1997-2003) as a consultant to the National Museum of Australia, Canberra,as it prepared for its opening in 2001.

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Compiled by National Museum of Austalia Library, April 2008

Gurian, EH, 'Editorial', Visitor Studies v.10 (1), 2007, pp.1-2.                  

Gurian, EH, 'The Potential of Museum Learning : The Essential Museum', in Lord, B (ed.), The Manual of Museum Learning, (Lanham ; Plymouth, UK.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), .                  

Gurian, EH, Civilizing the Museum : The Collected Writings of Elaine Heumann Gurian, (London ; New York: Routledge, 2006), 217 p.[NMA 069 GUR].                  

Gurian, EH, 'The Essential Museum', Te Ara, Journal of Museums Aotearoa v.31 (1), May 2006, pp.4-12. http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/A48DAD1F-8449-41C7-9BB2-96A0CDA7DEE1/0/elaine2.pdf>.

Gurian, EH, 'Brave Museums', A talk prepared for National Services, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand,April 18, 2006 http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/D786AAD1-8480-49AF-BB2E-D1475566086A/0/elaine1.pdf>.                  

Gurian, EH, 'Museum Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century. Genoways, HH (Ed.). Alta Mira Press, A Division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Lanham, New York, Toronto, Oxford (2006)(299 Pp., 29.95 USD, Paperback, ISBN: 0–7591–0754–8).', Museum Management and Curatorship v.21 (4), 2006, pp.355-358.                  

Linett, P, 'Review of "Civilizing the Museum: The Collected Writings of Elaine Heumann Gurian "', Curator v.49 (2), 2006, pp.265.[NMA S 069 CUR].                  

Volkert, J, 'Review of Civilizing the Museum: The Collected Works of Elaine Heumann Gurian (2006). New York, London: Routledge', Museum Management and Curatorship v.21 (1), 2006, pp.67-70.[NMA S 069.9 MUS].                  

Gurian, EH, 'A Blurring of the Boundaries', in Corsane, G (ed.), Heritage, Museums and Galleries : An Introductory Reader, (London: Routledge, 2005), pp.392.
      First published in Curator 1995.                  

Gurian, EH and EH Gurian, 'Free at Last, A Defense in Favor of Free Admission', Museum News v.84 (5), Sept/Oct 2005, pp.33-35-61-66.[NMA S 069.0973 MUS].                  

Gurian, EH and EH Gurian, 'Museum Practices Crossing Borders', Curator v.48 (1), 2005, pp.18-20.[NMA S 069 CUR].                  

Gurian, EH, 'National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) - Introduction', In The Native Universe and Museums in the Twenty-First Century : The Significance of the National Museum of the American Indian, Anonymous Washington, D.C. (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 2005), 144 pp.
      Papers presented at the opening international symposium of the National Museum of the American Indian held Sept. 20, 2004.                  

Gurian, EH, 'Threshold Fear', in MacLeod, S (ed.), Reshaping Museum Space, (London: Routledge, 2005), [NMA 727.6 RES].                  

Gurian, EH, 'Singing and Dancing at Night', in Edwards, A and L Sullivan (eds.),Stewards of the Sacred: Sacred Objects, Religious Culture, and the Museum as Social Institution, (Washington, DC: American Association of Museums, 2004), .                  

Davis, J, EH Gurian and E Koster, 'Timeliness: A Discussion for Museums', Curator v.46 (4), Oct 2003, pp.353-361.[NMA S 069 CUR].                  

Gurian, EH, 'Choosing among the Options: An Opinion about Museum Definitions', Curator v.45 (2), April 2002, pp.75-88.[NMA S 069 CUR].                  

Gurian, EH, 'Function Follows Form: How Mixed-used Spaces in Museums Build Community', Curator v.44 (1), 2001, pp.87-113.[NMA S 069 CUR].                  

Gurian, EH, 'Thinking about My Museum Journey', in Pitman, B (ed.), Presence of Mind: Museums and the Spirit of Learning, (Washington D. C: American Association of Museums, 1999), pp.31-35.[NMA 069.0973 PRE].                  

Gurian, EH, 'What is the Object of this Exercise? A Meandering Exploration of the Many Meanings of Objects in Museums', Daedalus v.128 (3), Summer 1999, pp.163-183.
      this issue was also published in book form entitled America's Museums (Cambridge, MA : American Academy of Arts and Sciences, c1999.) [NMA 069.0973 AME].                  

Gurian, EH, 'Continuous, Unexpected Joy and Fascinating, if Demanding Work', Museum News v.77 (4), July/Aug 1998, pp.36-37.[NMA S 069.0973 MUS].                  

Gurian, EH, 'The Changing Paradigm', in Maher, M (ed.), Collective Vision: Starting and Sustaining a Children’s Museum, (Washington, DC: Association of Youth Museums, 1997), pp.20-21.[NMA 069.083 COL].                  

Gurian, EH, 'A Savings Bank for the Soul', In Power and Empowerment – Preparing for the New Millenium:3rd National Museums Australia Inc Conference: October 30-2 November,1996, Anonymous Sydney, Australia (North Fitzroy, Vic.: Museums Australia, 1996)[NMA 069.0994 MUS].                  

Gurian, EH, 'A Blurring of the Boundaries', Curator v.38 (1), Mar 1995, pp.31-37.[NMA S 069 CUR].                  

Gurian, EH, Institutional Trauma: Major Change in Museums and its Effect on Staff, (Washington D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1995)[NMA 069.0974 INS].                  

Gurian, EH, 'Offering Safer Public Spaces', Journal of Museum Education v.21 (1), Fall 1995, pp.14-16.[NMA S 069.15 JOU].                  

Gurian, EH, 'The Importance of 'and'', 'The Importance of 'and'', Patterns in Practice : Selections from the Journal of Museum Education, (Washington DC: Museum Education Roundtable, 1992), pp.88-89.[NMA 069.15 PAT].                  

Gurian, EH, 'The National Museum of the American Indian', Forum (4), January/February 1992.                  

Gurian, EH, 'Reluctant Recognition of the Superstar,', Journal of Museum Education v.17 (3), Fall 1992, pp.6-7.[NMA S 069.15 JOU].                  

Gurian, EH, 'Noodling Around with Exhibition Opportunities', in Lavine, S and I Karp (eds.),Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display, (Washington: Smithsonian Press, 1991), pp.176-191.[NMA 069.5 EXH].                  

Gurian, EH, 'The Opportunity for Social Service', In Museums and the Needs of the People , ICOM-CECA Annual Meeting Proceedings 1991, Zemer,Aed. Jerusalem (Haifa, Israel: ICOM Israel, 1991)[NMA 069.1 CEC].                  

Gurian, EH, 'Let's Empower all those Who have a Stake in Exhibitions', Museum News v.69 (2), March/April 1990, pp.90-93.[NMA S 069.0973 MUS].                  

Gurian, EH, 'Museums’ Relationship to Education', Museums and Education. 1982.                  

Gurian, EH, 'Adult Learning at the Children's Museum of Boston', in Collins, ZW (ed.), Museums, Adults and the Humanities : A Guide for Educational Programming, (Washington, D.C.: 1981), pp.271-296.[NMA 069.10973 MUS].                  

Gurian, E, 'Making the Move.', Roundtable Reports v.5 (3), 1980, pp.3-5.                  

Gurian, EH, 'A Working Paper on Exhibits', Museum News March/April 1976[NMA S 069.0973 MUS].                  

Gurian, EH, 'An Afterward', in Nichols, S (ed.), Museum Education Anthology 1973-1983 : Perspectives on Informal Learning : A Decade of Roundtable Reports, (Washington D.C.: Museum Education Roundtable, pp.24-25.[NMA 069.10973 MUS].