
This is the pilot volume in the series Making History in Museums. It examines the museological aspects of history-making in museums, as well as the relatively-underplayed historiographical issues. Each contributor looks at the theoretical issues within a specific field of study,...

This exciting new series recognizes the tremendous potential of museum-based histories and the ways in which they can engage people with ideas about the past. People encounter and use museums on many different levels - personal, social and intellectual - and access meanings...