Collecting the contemporary : a handbook for social history museums / edited by Owain Rhys & Zelda Baveystock.

Edinburgh ; Cambridge, MA : MuseumsEtc, 2014.

623 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm

Introduction -- A picture of the past and a mirror of the present : Iorwerth Peate and the origins of the Welsh Folk Museum -- Case study: Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums -- A question of value : issues in contemporary collecting practice -- Case study: Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives -- Developing contemporary collecting in Wales -- National networks for contemporary collecting in Norway -- Case study: Nordiska museet -- Collecting the current now and then : a perspective on acquiring contemporary artefacts in history museums -- Case study: Kentucky Historical Society -- Collecting the home in different ways: SAMDOK's ethnographic method compared to other approaches -- Case study: Beamish -- 100 years of contemporary collecting: revisiting the sailor tattoos at the Maritime Museum, Stockholm -- Case study: Edinburgh Museums & Galleries -- Exporing the jungle: contemporary archaeology gets a little bit darker -- Case study: Birmingham Museums Trust -- "Oi, get orf moy laand": near-contemporary collecting and the English countryside / Ollie Douglas -- Case study: Göteborgs Stadsmuseum -- Let's talk about sexuality : capturing, collecting and disseminating LGBTQ oral his- and her-stories -- Case study: Chicago History Museum -- Collecting contemporary consumer technology -- Case study: Amsterdam Museum -- The memorial and the museum: Strathewen's Poetry Tree -- Case study: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa -- Collecting challenging contemporary history: terrorist attacks in London and New York City -- Case study: Museum of Liverpool -- Curating the sensorial : digial mediation and social engagement with plcae, objects and intangible heritage -- Case study: The Cardiff Story Museum -- Transecting the Strand Union Workhouse: an excursion into social history along digital geo-located paths -- Case study: Colchester & Ipswich Museums -- Save our placards! -- Case study: Museum Europäischer Kulturen-Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

Includes bibliographical references.