Stories
- Article
How to play in a museum
Some museums create games for visitors to play. In others, if you’re creative and inquisitive, you can make up your own. Find out how a game can give you a different perspective on art and objects.
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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Disability, education and prejudice
In the 1960s and 1970s, thalidomide survivors had to fight for a proper education. If they weren’t brought up in institutions, they were often viewed as objects of curiosity, encountering verbal and sometimes physical abuse, both at school and in the world beyond.
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Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
Catalogue
- Books
Joint Planning Group for Quality Assurance in Higher Education : first report.
Date: [1996]- Books
Joint Planning Group for Quality Assurance in Higher Education : final report.
Date: [1996]- Archives and manuscripts
Manchester AIDS in Education Group
Date: 1989-1990Reference: SA/HEC/A/43/8/8/1Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority- Journals
Journal of education in museums.
Date: 1980-- Journals
Case studies.
Date: 2008-