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05221aam a2200637 i 4500 001 B629C6F6840811E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 170118s2017 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017000604 020 $a 1472479688 020 $a 9781472479686 035 $a (OCoLC)970604442 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d ERASA $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a AM41 $b .P43 2017 082 00 $a 069.0941/0904 $2 23 100 1 $a Pearson, Catherine, $e author. 245 10 $a Museums in the Second World War : $b curators, culture and change / $c Catherine Pearson ; edited by Suzanne Keene. 264 1 $a London ; $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2017. 300 $a xvii, 288 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge studies in modern history ; $v 27 520 2 $a "Exploring the role of museums, galleries and curators during the upheaval of the Second World War, this book challenges the accepted view of a hiatus in museum services during the conflict and its immediate aftermath. Instead it argues that new thinking in the 1930s was realised in a number of promising initiatives during the war only to fail during the fragmented post-war recovery. Based on new research including interviews with retired museum staff, letters, diaries, museum archives and government records, this study reveals a complex picture of both innovation and inertia. At the outbreak of war precious objects were stored away and staff numbers reduced, but although many museums were closed, others successfully campaigned to remain open. By providing innovative modern exhibitions and education initiatives they became popular and valued venues for the public. After the war, however, museums returned to their more traditional, collections-centred approach and failed to negotiate the public funding needed for reconstruction based on this narrower view of their role. Hence, in the longer term, the destruction and economic and social consequences of the conflict served to delay aspirations for reconstruction until the 1960s. Through this lens, the history of the museum in the mid-twentieth century appears as one shaped by the effects of war but equally determined by the input of curators, audiences and the state. The museum thus emerges not as an isolated institution concerned only with presenting the past but as a product of the changing conflicts and cultures within society"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index. 505 0 $a Timeline: Major events around the Second World War and the home front -- Part I. 1918-1939 : between the wars -- Between the wars : museums and cultural politics -- Charting progress : the Markham Report -- Museums before the war : the context for reform -- Part II. 1939-1940 : at the start of the war -- Confronting conflict : collections, closings and openings -- As war begins : from propaganda to recognition -- Part III. 1941-1944 : during wartime -- State support : the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) -- Temples to the arts -- Planning for peacetime -- Reflections on wartime practice -- Community engagement, education and exhibitions -- Audiences in wartime -- Memory and identity -- Museum staff and the war -- Part V. 1944-1949 : the aftermath of the war -- A national museum service : the final bid -- The post-war decades : museums in the aftermath of war -- Part VI. 1950-1964 : from austerity to reconstruction -- Towards a regional service -- Conclusions: Museums forget their past -- Appendix: Primary sources. 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 $a Museums $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Museums $x History $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Museum curators $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Social aspects $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Social change $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Cultural policy. 650 7 $a Cultural policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00885007 650 7 $a Museum curators. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01030074 650 7 $a Museums. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01030128 650 7 $a Museums $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01030203 650 7 $a Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354981 650 7 $a Social change. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122310 650 7 $a Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 650 7 $a Krieg $2 gnd 650 7 $a KulturguÂterschutz $2 gnd 650 7 $a Kulturpolitik $2 gnd 650 7 $a Kunstpolitik $2 gnd 650 7 $a Museum $2 gnd 650 7 $a Weltkrieg $g 1939-1945 $2 gnd 651 7 $a Gro©britannien $2 gnd 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Keene, Suzanne, $e editor. 830 0 $a Routledge studies in modern history ; $v 2017. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017030508.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B629C6F6840811E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search