Timothy Ambrose is an international consultant working in the cultural heritage. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a Fellow of the Museums Association.

Crispin Paine is a museums and heritage consultant, writer and lecturer. He is a Visiting Fellow at University College Chichester, a Fellow of the Museums Association and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Fully updated and extended to include the many changes that have occurred in the last decade, this second edition of world-renowned text "Museum Basics" provides a basic guide to all aspects of museum work and staff experience from museum organization, through collections management and conservation, to audience development and education. Drawing on a wide range of practical experience, the authors have provided an excellent tool that enable museums throughout the world to conquer a common challenge; to keep up-to-date with new ideas and changing practices. Organized on a modular basis, with over 100 units, "Museum Basics" is a reference to support day-to-day museum management, a key text in pre-service and in-service training programmes, and works brilliantly alongside case studies, project work and group discussion. With glossary, sources of information and a select bibliography, this is certainly a book that no museum professional, nor museum and heritage studies student will want to be without.