Stories
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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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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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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 virtual view of history
Step inside Anne Frank’s house or explore the galleries in a museum destroyed by fire. VR brings history and art satisfyingly close when we’re unable to get there in person.
Catalogue
- Books
Museums, places of learning / George E. Hein and Mary Alexander.
Hein, George E., 1932-Date: [1998], ©1998- Books
Museums & young people / a report by Suzanne Rider & Shona Illingworth on behalf of Artswork for The Museums Association.
Rider, Suzanne.Date: 1997- Books
Museums and the disposals debate / edited by Peter Davies.
Date: 2011- Books
Museums at play : games, interaction and learning / edited by Katy Beale.
Date: 2011- Books
Museums calendar.
Museums Association.