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Legacies of an Imperial City: The Museum of London 1976-2007 book cover

1st Edition

Legacies of an Imperial City The Museum of London 1976-2007

By Samuel Aylett Copyright 2023
234 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This comprehensive history of the Museum of London traces the ways that the relationship between Britain and its imperial past has changed over the course of three decades, providing a holistic approach to galleries’ shifts from Victorian nostalgia to equitable representations. At its 1976 opening, the Museum of London differed from other museums in its treatment of empire and colonialism as... Read more

Part 1: The Origin Story 1826-1976  1. Introduction: Museums and Empire  2. Prelude to the Museum of London, its origins in the Guildhall and London Museums 1826-1976  3. Empire at the Museum of London, 1976  Part 2: The ‘Peopling of London’ 1993-1994  4. The ‘Peopling of London’ 1989-1993 Concept and Approach  5. The ‘Peopling of London’ 1993-1994 Exhibition and Displays  6. The ‘Peopling of London’ Catalogue and Educational Resources  Part 3: Reception and Legacy of ‘Peopling’ 1994-2007  7. Understanding Visitor Responses  8. The Spirit of ‘Peopling’ 1993-2007, Legacies and Echoes  9. Conclusion

Biography

Samuel Aylett is Visiting Fellow and Member of the Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies at the Open University and Senior Lecturer at Arden University, Berlin. His research is concerned with the place and value of Empire in British culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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