Overview

Combining academic rigour with a lively writing style, Stories from small museums is essential reading for students and museum enthusiasts alike. 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, Toby Butler, an expert oral historian, and Fiona Candlin, a professor in museology, drove 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.

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Author:   Fiona Candlin ,  Toby Butler ,  Jake Watts
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9781526166869

ISBN 10:   1526166860
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   22 November 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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'In the depth of its observations and via beautiful writing, Stories from small museums does an incredible job... The results are a book that will make you feel as if you have found new friends, learned new things, and above all, been reminded of the richness of human existence.' Oral History Society -- .

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Fiona Candlin is Professor of Museology at Birkbeck Toby Butler is a heritage consultant and public historian Jake Watts is a researcher in politics and social history

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