Museums of the Arabian Peninsula

Chapter 1: Introduction

Sarina Wakefield

Part I Museum Trajectories

Chapter 2: Repositioning the Past in the Present: Notes on the Development of Jordanian Museography

Irene Maffi

Chapter 3: Heritage in the Crosshairs: Can Yemen's Museums Survive?

Stephen Steinbeiser

Chapter 4: Transfiguring Islam, Ethics and Politics through Museum Practices to Forge the Sultanate of Oman

Amal Sachedina

Part II Development Models and Policies

Chapter 5: Qatar's Accelerated Museum Developmental Model: Rhetoric, Actors and Expertise

Serena Iervolino

Chapter 6: Cultural Diffusion and its Impact on Heritage Representation in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Pierre Lombard and Nadine Boksmati-Fattouh

Chapter 7: Location and Nation: Embodying Kuwait's National Narrative

Marjorie Kelly

Part III Cross-Border Practices

Chapter 8: Transnational Museologies in the UAE: New models or historicised global practice?

Sarina Wakefield

Chapter 9: Beyond Museum Walls: Envisioning a Role for Cultural Institutions as Instigators of Cross-Cultural Diplomacy

Alex Aubry

Chapter 10: Dubai's Alserkal Avenue: Cultural district or culture diaspora?

Sabrina DeTurk

Part IV: Community Engagement and Professional Practice

Chapter 11: Visitor Motivation: Sharjah Museums

Mona Al Ali

Chapter 12: From 'Academic Lectures' to 'Hands-on Learning':

A case study in the practical application of 'Appropriate Museology'

Catherine Cezeaux, Genevieve Fisher and Joseph A. Greene

Chapter 13: Does it matter if museums are 'global'?

Pamela Erskine-Loftus