Making Histories in Museums - by Gaynor Kavanagh (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This exciting new series recognizes the tremendous potential of museum-based histories and the ways in which they can engage people with ideas about the past. People encounter and use museums on many different levels - personal, social and intellectual - and access meanings that best fit their agendas. Histories in museums can stimulate the imagination, provoke discussion and increase our ability to question what we know. From this it can be deduced that history in museums is as much about the present as it is about the past; as much about how we feel as about what we know; as much about who we are as about who we have been.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>'What stories will we be told when we take ourselves and our children to museums in the future? Gaynor Kavanagh . has tackled the question by inviting twenty-one contributions from museum professionals - each focusing on a specific kind of collection, and has produced a riveting book as a result.' Engli sh Hi storical Revi ew Making Histories in Museums examines museological features, but deals particularly with the historiographical issues that have previously been underplayed. Each contributor looks at theoretical frameworks within a specific field of study, using case studies and comparisons of practice, highlights good practice and explores potential ways forward. It is an invaluable resource for all those concerned with or interested in museums including museum professionals, museum students, historians and students of history. Gaynor Kavanagh is Lecturer in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>'This collection provides important food for thought for anyone involved in collecting and presenting history . . .' Tak tent (Scottish Museums Council)<br><br>'This is a useful, readable and much needed book which should be on every museum's reference shelf . . .' WHAM (Women, Heritage and Museums Newsletter)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Gaynor Kavanaugh is head of Graduate Studies and principal lecturer in History at Bath Spa University.
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