How many people does it take to set up a museum? Conventional histories of museum founders usually concentrate on individuals – the collector whose artefacts provide the basis for a new institution, and heroic directors or curators who single-handedly drive forward their vision of a museum. In our experience, establishing a museum is a collaborative […]
Despite its name, this is not a contender for the UK’s smallest museum. The Micro Museum in Ramsgate, Kent, contains all manner of personal computers, games, small televisions, calculators, and electronic toys. The collection is run by Mike and Carol Deer, whose first computer was the venerable Sinclair ZX81. The addition of a BBC Micro […]
There is a lot that we don’t know about museums. In an age when it is possible to download an institution’s annual reports and follow their exhibitions and events via social media, it seems unlikely that academics, museum professionals, and the museum-going public would be so uninformed about the recent history, characteristics, and scope of […]
