The museum makers: a journey backwards, from old boxes of dark family secrets to a golden era of museums

Museum expert Rachel Morris had been ignoring the three boxes of family belongings beneath her bed for decades. When she opened them she began a journey into her family's dramatic story through the literary and bohemian circles of the nineteenth and twentieth century. It was a revelatory experi...

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Main Author: Morris, Rachel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [London] September Publishing 2020
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Summary:Museum expert Rachel Morris had been ignoring the three boxes of family belongings beneath her bed for decades. When she opened them she began a journey into her family's dramatic story through the literary and bohemian circles of the nineteenth and twentieth century. It was a revelatory experience - one that was to take her back to her isolated upbringing, searching for her father in archives of the Tate, back to the museums that had once enriched her lonely childhood. By teasing out the stories of those early museum makers, and the unsung daughters and wives behind them, Morris digs deep into the human instinct for collection and curation
Physical Description:272 Seiten Illustrationen, genealogische Tafel
ISBN:9781912836147
1912836149

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