The Museum Makers: A Journey Backwards - from Old Boxes of Dark Family Secrets to a Gold Era of Museums...

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Rachel Morris

The Museum Makers

A Journey Backwards - from Old Boxes of Dark Family Secrets to a Gold Era of Museums

Rachel Morris

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September Publishing
17 November 2020

The Arts: General & Reference; Biography; Memoirs; Museums & museology; Antiques & collectables

Museum expert Rachel Morris had been ignoring the boxes under her bed for decades. When she finally opened them, an entire bohemian family history was laid bare. The experience was revelatory - searching for her absent father in the archives of the Tate; understanding the loss and longings of the grandmother who raised her - and transported her back to the museums that had enriched her lonely childhood. By teasing out the stories of those early museum makers, and the unsung daughters and wives behind them, and seeing the same passions and mistakes reflected in her own family, Morris digs deep into the human instinct for collection and curation. Part memoir, part detective story, part untold history of museums - this is a fascinating and moving family story.

By: Rachel Morris
Imprint: September Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781912836147
ISBN 10: 1912836149
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 17 November 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

A director of the museum-making company Metaphor, Rachel Morris has been part of the creation, design and delivery of some of the most exciting displays, renovations and museums of the last few decades, from the new Cast Courts at the V&A to the Terracotta Warriors at the British Museum and Grand Egyptian museum in Cairo. Rachel is also the author of two previous novels.