| Description |
viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Museums and Pre-War Britain -- 2. Museums and Collections at Risk -- 3. Closures and Take-Overs -- 4. Due Share and Defence of the Realm -- 5. Role and Purpose Through Exhibitions -- 6. Educational Uses of Museums -- 7. Making Do -- 8. Local War Museums -- 9. Proposals for a National War Museum -- 10. Establishment of the National War Museum -- 11. The Imperial War Museum -- 12. Memories, Memorials and Mementoes -- 13. The Inter-War Years -- 14. Museums and the First World War -- 15. Museums and War |
| Summary |
This volume is concerned with how, during four demanding, dislocating and world-changing years, the museum, that most Victorian of institutions, was forced to meet the extraordinary test of war on the home front. Museums were no more immune from the pressures of war than any other institution. Their history reflects the broader history of the home front and the efforts made to do the right thing at the right time. The changes they experienced, some long term, others transitory, do much to explain the nature and character of museums in Britain today. The author covers the progress of museums from just before the advent of war to the immediate post-war period, and considers this in relation to changing social attitudes and economic conditions |
| Analysis |
Great Britain |
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Museums History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-193) and index |
| Subject |
Imperial War Museum (Great Britain) -- History.
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Musetms -- Great Britain -- History
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Museums -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Museums -- Great Britain -- History.
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Social change -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Museums -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
94000673 |
| ISBN |
071851713X |
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