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Blythe House in London, originally built in 1903 for the Post Office Savings Bank, has for over 40 years has been the store for three national museums, the V&A, the British Museum and the Science Museum, holding millions of historical objects. The collections are now moving out to a purpose-built site, and Blythe House's closure has been marked by specially commissioned images of its architecture, collections and occupants, along with oral history interviews and written testimonies. Memory Bank takes you behind the scenes to reveal one building's hidden history and its unique place in British cultural and social life. AUTHORS: Laura Humphreys has over ten years' experience in curatorship, at Royal Museums Greenwich, the Museum of the Home and the Science Museum Group, and is the author of Globalising Housework. Kevin Percival is a photographer specialising in documentary and portraiture, who has worked for the Science Museum, British Museum and V&A. The book of his documentary project Tanera (Ar Dùthaich) was published in 2018. SELLING POINTS: . Celebrates this important but little known British cultural institution as it approaches closure . Specially commissioned photography and interviews present a behind-the-scenes portrait of this huge Edwardian building in London that holds millions of historical objects for three national museums, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Museum and the Science Museum . The only book on Blythe House

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Laura Humphreys has more than over ten years’ experience in curatorship, at Royal Museums Greenwich, the Museum of the Home and the Science Museum Group, and is the author of Globalising Housework. Kevin Percival is a photographer specialising in documentary and portraiture, who has worked for museums for eight years. Formerly at the Science Museum and the British Museum, he now works for the Victoria & Albert Museum. His last documentary monograph Tanera (Ar Dùthaich) was published in 2018.

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