Stories
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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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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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A nose through Blythe House
Recently sold and emptied out, Blythe House was once one of the UK’s biggest museum storage facilities. Here, museum worker Laura Humphreys reflects on her relationship with the store’s architecture, objects and aromas.
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A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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'Museum of London'
Date: 1981-1983Reference: WA/HMM/TR/Abc/C.3/19Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
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Museum of London
Date: 26 Apr 1982Reference: WA/HMM/TR/Abc/C.2/24Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
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'Museum of Mankind 1954' [London]
Date: 1930s-1970sReference: WA/HMM/TR/Inv/A.3/1Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
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'Museum of Mankind 1954' [London]
Date: 1930s-1970sReference: WA/HMM/TR/Inv/A.3/2Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Books
Museum collecting policies in modern science and technology : proceedings of a seminar held at the Science Museum, London, 3 November 1988.
Date: 1991