Stories from small museums
eBook - ePub

Stories from small museums

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Stories from small museums

About this book

During the late twentieth century, the number of museums in the UK dramatically increased. Typically small and independent, the new museums concentrated on local history, war and transport. This book asks who founded them, how and why.In order to find out more, Fiona Candlin, a professor in museology, and Toby Butler, an expert oral historian, travelled around the UK to meet the individuals, families, community groups and special interest societies who established the museums. The rich oral histories they collected provide a new account of recent museum history – one that weaves together personal experience and social change while putting ordinary people at the heart of cultural production.Combining academic rigour with a lively writing style, Stories from small museums is essential reading for students and museum enthusiasts alike.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of figures
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Map
  8. Introduction: founding stories, finding stories
  9. 1 Transport museums: loving objects and each other
  10. 2 War and conflict museums: muttering in the corridors of power
  11. 3 Local history museums: at the centre of the universe
  12. 4 The museum founders: getting on the footplate
  13. Conclusions: the micromusems boom
  14. Appendix: list of interviews
  15. Notes
  16. Selected bibliography
  17. Index