This book explores, in breadth and depth, the role of sport in museums.
It surveys the history of sport in museums, including the growth in sport museums and halls of fame driven by major sports teams and sport organisations. The book considers the humanistic benefits of the promotion of sporting heritage within museums, and presents cases, museums stories and best practice from around the world.
Sport in Museums is essential reading for all students, researchers, curators, and historians with an interest in sport. It is also a useful resource for researchers and advanced students working in museum studies, heritage studies or cultural history.
Introduction: Sport and Museums
Kevin Moore and John Hughson
1. The Material Culture of Sport: Part 1
Kevin Moore
2. The Material Culture of Sport: Part 2
Kevin Moore
3. Sport Collections: Artifacts, Memorabilia, and More
Christian Wacker
4. The Role of a National Sport Museum: An Ambitious Balancing Act
Helen Walpole and Jed Smith
5. Rugby, Reconciliation and Post-Apartheid Public Memory: From the South African Rugby Museum to the ‘Springbok Experience’
Hendrik Snyders
6. Understanding Sport Museums in the Digital Age
Murray G. Phillips
7. The Silverstone Interactive Museum and British Motor Sport Heritage: Vrroom with a View
Jean Williams
8. The China Sports Museum: Its Past, Present and Future
Xue Li, Rowan Simons and Wang Jun
9. Establishing Everyday Edutainment Experiences within Glocal Sports Stadia: "Selfies from the Side-Lines"
Richard Wright
10. A Visitor-Focussed Approach to Sport Museums and Sport Halls of Fame: Symbiosis in Diversity
Helen Walpole
11. Sporting Heritage in the UK
Justine Reilly
12. Piquing Public Curiosities and Critical Intrigue in Athletic Performance: Sport in Science Museums
Geoffery Z. Kohe
13. A Strange Love for Smelly Objects: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sport Museum
John Hughson
14. Best Practice in Sports Museums and Sport in Museums
Kevin Moore
Biography
Kevin Moore is Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum and founding Director of the National Football Museum (England).
John Hughson is Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
Christian Wacker has been Director of the German Sports and Olympia Museum and the Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum. He has also been responsible for the development of a museum academy at the University in Freiburg, Germany.
