Stories from Small Museums

Fiona Candlin, Toby Butler, Jake Watts

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English

Manchester University Press
01 December 2022

Museums & museology; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Oral history; Local history

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.

By: Fiona Candlin, Toby Butler, Jake Watts
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 12mm
ISBN: 9781526166883
ISBN 10: 1526166887
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: founding stories, finding stories 1 Transport museums: loving objects and each other 2 War and conflict museums: muttering in the corridors of power 3 Local history museums: at the centre of the universe 4 The museum founders: getting on the footplate Conclusions: the micromuseums boom Index -- .

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 -- .

Reviews for Stories from Small Museums

'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 -- .