Museums in Britain

A History

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Museums in Britain

A History

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Museums are at the heart of the nation's cultural life, bastions of Britishness in almost every major city and town. Together they detail myriad aspects of our heritage: from lawnmowers to cuckoo clocks, pencils to chairs, there seems to be no end to the subject matter deemed worthy of collection and public display. This overview of museums in Britain traces their development from 'cabinets of curiosity' to large scale visitor attractions, taking in broad social shifts and trends as well as the collectors, eccentrics and visionaries and the legacies they have left.

Table of Contents

Introduction / Repositories of Curiosity / Museums for the Masses / Opening the Doors / Epilogue / Places to Visit / Further Reading / Index

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Published Jun 17 2014
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9780747811961
Imprint Shire Publications
Illustrations 73 col
Dimensions 210 x 149 mm
Series Shire Library
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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