學 歷

BFA  Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri 

MFA Newcomb Art School, Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana

簡 介

曾任國際博物館協會(ICOM)辦公室特別顧問、ICOM倫理委員會委員、美國博物館協會理事、美國德州泰克大學博物館館長、美國Texas Tech University博物館暨資產管理研究所所長等職。持續於加拿大、美國、荷蘭、蒙古、埃及、中國大陸、香港及台灣地區進行博物館專題研究、講學以及諮詢顧問，關注博物館專業發展以及人員培訓，致力博物館倫理與博物館學專業發展的推動與落實。博物館學領域專長；博物館倫理、博物館管理、博物館學理論、博物館藏品管理。

博物館界專職資歷

Executive Director of the Museum of Texas Tech University: Sep. 1992–Dec. 2009. 

Director Center for Advanced Study of Museum Science and of the Heritage Management in Texas Tech University: 2000–Dec. 2009.

Director of the Museum of Texas Tech University: Sep. 1986 -Sep. 1992.

Director of the Museum Science Program in Texas Tech University: Sep. 1986–2000.

Professor of Museum Science in Texas Tech University: Sep. 1986–2009.

博物館專業社群服務簡歷

Special Advisor to the International Council of Museums (ICOM) Paris, France — 2007-2010. 

Board Member — US National Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-US) — 2007-2010.

Consultant – Regional Training Center for Arabic Speaking Countries, Aswan, Egypt. (sponsored by ICOM and UNESCO) – 1998-2008.

AAM Committee for Museum Professional Training - 1991-2009. 

Executive Council, International Council of Museums (ICOM), 2001-2007.

International Council of Museums (ICOM) Ethics Committee 1997-2004.

Executive Committee, US National Committee of ICOM - 1997-2000.

Board member, Collections Review Committee, Texas State Capitol - 1993-2000.

Board member, US National Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) - 1994 -2000.

Chair, US Committee on Museology US/ICOFOM - 1992-1995.

Secretary ICOM Committee on Training of Museum Personnel (ICTOP) – 1992-1995.

Regional Representative, Association of College and University Museums and Galleries (ACUMG) in USA - 1991-1993.

Board member, American Association of Museums- 1992-1994.

Chair AAM Committee for Museum Professional Training- 1992-1994.

博物館專業期刊編輯委員

Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Heritage Studies, Routledge publication – 2002 to present.

Editorial Advisory Board, Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archive Professionals - 2003 to present.

專書著作

HANDBOOK FOR MUSEUMS(1994: ISBN 0415099528)(1996: ISBN 0415099526)

INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MUSEUM TRAINING (1995: ISBN 0415122570)

MUSEUM EHICS (1997: ISBN 0415122570)

THE LAW OF CULTURAL PROPERTY AND NATURAL HERITAGE(1998: ISBN 0964308010)

INTRODUCTION TO MUSEOLOGY: THE EUROPEAN APPROACH(1998)

RUNNING A MUSEUM: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK (Patrick Boylan, Editor, Chapter 8, Museum Management by Gary Edson. Paris, France: International Council of Museums. 2004. ISBN 9290121572)

MASKS AND MASKING, Gary Edson. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing Inc., 2005. 

VERS UNE REDEFINITION DU MUSEÉ. Sous la direction de François Mairesse et André Desvallées. Chapter 3, Qu’est-ce qu’un musée? by Gary Edson. Paris, France: L’Harmattan, 2007. 

SHAMANISM: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF BELIEFS AND PRACTICES, Gary Edson. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing Inc. 2009.

WHAT IS A MUSEUM? Edited by François Mairesse and André Desvallées, Chapter three, “What is a museum/” by Gary Edson, Munich, Germany: Christian Müller-Straten, 2011.

“Museum Management” in: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE. New York: Taylor & Francis Group. 2011.

MYSTICISM, ALCHEMY THROUGH THE AGES: THE QUEST FOR TRANSFORMATION, Gary Edson. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing Inc., 2012.

“Masks” VOCABULARY FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill,  2014.

博物館學相關專長領域

博物館倫理、博物館行政管理、博物館藏品管理、文化遺產管理

曾在南藝大教授科目

博物館倫理