The Making of Am Fasgadh : An Account of the Origins of the Highland Folk Museum by Its Founder
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Flashbacks
ISBN-10
1905267207
ISBN-13
9781905267200
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd
Imprint
NMSE - Publishing Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 27th, 2007
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
230 grams
Dimensions
13.10 x 19.80 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Museology & heritage studiesLocal history
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An account of Isabel Grant's experiences as an early innovator of folk museums. It illustrates a history of farming, fishing, crofting and domestic life.
Dr Isabel Grant (1887-1983) was a pioneer who, early in life, was intrigued by the lives and ways of living of her fellow Highlanders. She eventually pursued this by collecting objects - farming, fishing, crofting and domestic - from across the Scottish Highlands and presenting them to the public, initially as an exhibition in Inverness in 1930, then in Iona, and later in a dedicated museum Am Fasgadh (''the Shelter''). The tenacity shown by Dr Grant in pursuit of an idea that first struck her while on a childhood visit to Sweden is revealed in her own words. In the face of indifference, little money, sexism and the erratic Scottish climate, Dr Grant succeeded in presenting items which told of the working and home lives of the people she so admired. Am Fasgadh continues today as the popular Highland Folk Museum at Kingussie and Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
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