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  • Tags: History of Museum

MUS-C-1-1_Canterbury_AGuidetotheCanterburyMuseums.pdf
A booklet detailing the various museums within Canterbury including The Royal Museum, The West Gate, The Roman Pavement and the Buffs Museum. There are little sections on the history of the museums and how they were set up. Has general information at…

MUS-D-1-21_Derby_AGuidetoDerbyMuseumsandArtGallery.pdf
A small booklet with introduction, detailing about the museum and art gallery. Has a small history of the museum, talks about its various collections like art history, local history, industrial and natural history. Has pictures of objects throughout…

MUS-B-4-1_Bolton_BriefHistoryofMuseumsinBolton.pdf
A leaflet which details the history of museums within Bolton. Talks about Sharple’s museum of curiosities and the development of the early museum. Discusses the bequeathal of Dr. Samuel Taylor Chadwick, and the benefit they got out of that money. …

MUS-L-2-45_Leicester_CityofLeicesterMuseum1849-1949.pdf
A booklet which details the history of Leicester Museum (New Walk). This begins in the early 19th century and continues to 1949.

MUS-B-1-3_BowesMuseums_Handbook.pdf
A handbook for the museum which includes a floor plan, black and white images, and a description of various rooms and the objects that they have in them. Has an introduction with a history of the museum in. Talks about the French connections with the…

MUS-L-2-35_Leicester_IntroductiontotheMuseum.pdf
A booklet which begins by talking about the history of museums and how they have developed in the UK. There is also a diagram (which no title) which shows, possibly, various subjects or jobs that a museum does. Talks about collecting and how it is…

MUS-C-2-19_Cardiff_Jubilee 1907-1957Booklet.pdf
A commemorative booklet on the Jubilee of the National Museum of Wales. Talks about the development of the museum, how it grew its collections, school service and the folk museum.

MUS-D-1-11_Doncaster_OpeningCeremonyBrochure.pdf
A booklet from the opening ceremony of the museum and art gallery opened by Princess Margaret. Has an order of proceedings for the opening ceremony and a history of the museum, its collections and development. Has current details of the museum and…

MUS-C-2-31_Cardiff_WelshFolkMuseumanditsDevelopmentBooklet.pdf
A booklet detailing the development of the museum. Says that ’Wales can claim to have been for many years a pioneer British country in fostering the collection of folk material and in folk life research’ and how they have understood the importance of…
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