Making Histories in Museums

’What stories will we be told when we take ourselves and our children to museumsin the future? Gaynor Kavanagh . has tackled the question by inviting twenty-onecontributions from museum professionals - each focusing on a specific kind ofcollection, and has produced a riveting book as a result.’Engli sh Hi storical Revi ewMaking Histories in Museums examines museological features, but deals particularly with thehistoriographical issues that have previously been underplayed. Each contributor looks attheoretical frameworks within a specific field of study, using case studies and comparisons ofpractice, highlights good practice and explores potential ways forward.It is an invaluable resource for all those concerned with or interested in museums includingmuseum professionals, museum students, historians and students of history.Gaynor Kavanagh is Lecturer in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.