A Matter of Great Interest to Welsh-Americans
Nationalism, Purpose of Museum, Collection, Funding
This booklet is asking for funding to create a Welsh-American Gallery. They want to create the exhibit because the Welsh people in America are proud of their heritage. Talks about collecting and how ‘The Museum’s duty is to “teach the world about Wales and the Welsh people about their own fatherland’. Talks about USA leading museum techniques and about the proposed new galleries and how people can contribute. Images in black and white.
The American Committee for the National Museum of Wales Fund
Cover, pages 5,7,9 and 11
The National Museum of Wales
1937
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Booklet, PDF.
English, Welsh
Booklet
1937, United Kingdom, Wales, Cardiff
Welsh Folk Museum
Purpose of Museum, Folk Museum, Collections, General Information,
A leaflet guide for the folk museum with a detail of the different galleries and buildings that are on site. Contains a short history of the museum and a map of the grounds. In the introduction, it talks about the purpose of a folk museum and about the influence of Scandinavian countries on the museum. Drawings and sketches in black and white.
The National Museum of Wales
Cover, pages 1 and 2
The National Museum of Wales
Unknown
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Booklet, PDF.
English, Welsh
Booklet
Date Unknown, United Kingdom, Wales, Cardiff
Introduction to the Museums
History of Museum, Purpose of Museum, Collections, Exhibitions
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 more ‘scientific’ now. Moreover, how curators collect, preserve and publish. They talk about exhibitions and how they want to ‘recreate an atmosphere and tell a story’. Museums should help those who study. Hope that loans can be issued in the future to smaller towns and how their school service ‘brings every schoolchild in the country into living touch with all our activities’. Talks about what an art gallery aims to do. Another diagram of how an object goes from acquisition to publication to display. Talks about geology, biology, archives and antiquities. Image of the publication methods and outlets of museums.
Leicester Museum
Whole Booklet
Leicester Museum
1953
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Booklet, PDF.
English
Booklet
1953, United Kingdom, England, Leicester
Exhibitions Leaflet
Purpose of Museum, General Information, Exhibitions
A list of exhibitions occurring at the museum in 1979-80 including Modern Railway Exhibition, Stonehenge Domestic Pottery: A Cag Touring Exhibition and Heritage exhibition. Has brief general information and a map at the back and also includes a ‘what we do section’.
City Museum & Art Gallery Peterborough
Whole Leaflet
City of Peterborough, Department of Leisure and Amenities
1979 - 1980
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Leaflet, PDF.
English
Booklet
1979 - 1980, United Kingdom, England, Peterborough