Making histories in transport museums / Colin Divall and Andrew Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Divall, Colin.

Contributor:

Scott, Andrew, 1949-

Series:

Making histories in museums

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation museums.

Historical museums.

Museum techniques.

Material culture.

Physical Description:

viii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This book is the first in 30 years to take transport museums seriously as vehicles for the making of public histories. Drawing upon many years' experience of visiting and working in transport museums around the world, the authors argue that the sector's historical roots are more complex than is usually thought. Written from a multidisciplinary perspective but firmly rooted in the practice of making public histories, this book brings the study of transport museums firmly into the mainstream of academic and professional debate.

Contents:

1 Transports of delight: museums, visitors and enthusiasts 1

2 Trains, planes, cars and boats: collecting and displaying vehicles 39

3 Travels in the past: exhibiting social histories of transport 78

4 Theories and things: history and the changing role of the object 114

5 To travel hopefully...: heritage transport as museums 159

6 Moving on: a future for transport museums 189

Museum and exhibition catalogues and guidebooks; contemporary descriptions, reports and surveys 196

Newspapers and periodicals 198

Articles, essays and exhibition reviews 203

Dissertations and theses 214

Other print sources 215

Other media 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-215) and index.

ISBN:

0718501063

OCLC:

45393168