Main entry:

Kavanagh, Gaynor.

Title & Author:

Museums and the First World War : a social history / Gaynor Kavanagh.

Publication:

London ; New York : Leicester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by St. Martin's Press, ©1994.

Description:

viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-193) and index.
1. Museums and Pre-War Britain -- 2. Museums and Collections at Risk -- 3. Closures and Take-Overs -- 4. Due Share and Defence of the Realm -- 5. Role and Purpose Through Exhibitions -- 6. Educational Uses of Museums -- 7. Making Do -- 8. Local War Museums -- 9. Proposals for a National War Museum -- 10. Establishment of the National War Museum -- 11. The Imperial War Museum -- 12. Memories, Memorials and Mementoes -- 13. The Inter-War Years -- 14. Museums and the First World War -- 15. Museums and War.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

This volume is concerned with how, during four demanding, dislocating and world-changing years, the museum, that most Victorian of institutions, was forced to meet the extraordinary test of war on the home front. Museums were no more immune from the pressures of war than any other institution. Their history reflects the broader history of the home front and the efforts made to do the right thing at the right time. The changes they experienced, some long term, others transitory, do much to explain the nature and character of museums in Britain today. The author covers the progress of museums from just before the advent of war to the immediate post-war period, and considers this in relation to changing social attitudes and economic conditions.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

071851713X
9780718517137

Subject:

Imperial War Museum (Great Britain) History.
Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
Heimatmuseum der Gemeinde Gründau
Museums Great Britain History 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 Influence.
World War, 1914-1918 Museums Great Britain.
Museums Great Britain History.
World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain Exhibitions.
Social change History 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 Exhibitions Great Britain.
Musées Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Influence.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Grande-Bretagne Expositions.
Développement social Histoire 20e siècle.
Musées Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Musées Grande-Bretagne.
Social change
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Museums
Sozialgeschichte
Weltkrieg
Museum
Histoire.
Musée.
Exposition.
Musée de la guerre.
Première Guerre mondiale (1914-1918)
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Grande-Bretagne.
Museums History.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 136144
Call No.: ID AM41.K38; ID:97-B941
Status: Available