Micromuseology: An Analysis of Small Independent Museums

by Fiona Candlin

Book Overview

How would our understanding of museums change if we used the Vintage Wireless Museum or the Museum of Witchcraft as examples - rather than the British Museum or the Louvre? Although there are thousands of small, independent, single-subject museums in the UK, Europe and North America, the field of museum studies remains focused almost exclusively on major institutions.

In this ground-breaking new book, Fiona Candlin reveals how micromuseums...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 135004010X
• ISBN13: 9781350040106
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"