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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Candlin, Fiona (Author), Watts, Jake (Author), Butler, Toby (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Small museums.
Nostalgia.
Nostalgia > Great Britain > History.
Small museums > Great Britain > History.
Great Britain.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 1945-
Great Britain > History, Local.
Local history.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Founding stories, finding stories
  • Transport museums: loving objects and each other
  • War and conflict museums: muttering in the corridors of power
  • Local history museums: at the centre of the universe
  • The museum founders: getting on the footplate
  • Conclusions: The micromuseums boom
  • Appendix: List of interviews

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