Stories from Small Museums (Paperback)

Fiona Candlin

ISBN 10: 1526166887 / ISBN 13: 9781526166883

Published by Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2022

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Paperback. 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. 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. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stories from Small Museums (Paperback)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526166887
• ISBN 13: 9781526166883
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Fiona Candlin is Senior Lecturer in Museum Studies at Birkbeck (University of London)