Stories from Small Museums

Name: Stories from Small Museums
Brand: Manchester University Press
SKU: 9781526166883
Price: 3200 KES
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ISBN: 9781526166883

by Fiona Candlin , Jake Watts , Toby Butler

Book Details

Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1526166887

ISBN-13 9781526166883

Publisher Manchester University Press

Imprint Manchester University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 22nd, 2022

Print length 224 Pages

Weight 362 grams

Dimensions 15.60 x 23.30 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Museology and heritage studies Museology & heritage studies Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 Oral history History Oral history Local history

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This book tells the story of the boom in smalls museums that took place in Britain from the 1960s onwards. Drawing on extensive interview materials, it explores why community groups, families and individuals were inspired to set up museums, teasing out the connections between personal experience and national change. -- .

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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