Stories From Small Museums

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.

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Toby Butler, Fiona Candlin, Fiona Butler Candlin, Candlin Fiona, Jake Watts
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781526166869
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6686-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Oral History, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Social History, military history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Local History, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies