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The Case Against Museums Telling Big Stories/Maurice Davies | Museum of Marco Polo
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One of my all time favourite sites, full of wonder nuggets' Mira Bartok, writer. I love the Museum of Marco Polo,' Jean Franczyk, Deputy Director Science Group. I like the conceit of its virtual location on Buyukada,' Roger Crowley, historian and writer. Probably the best Imaginary Museum in England'. For articles on Time, Memory, Story, Things and the Future of Museums. I am thrilled to have stumbled on the Museum of Marco Polo,' Cara De Silva, writer. For curious museum lovers everywhere. But this atte...
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Who pays for free admission to museums in the UK? | tonybutler's blog
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Thoughts on museums, society and other things. I’m Tony Butler. Museums and the Civic Contract part 2 – the Derby way. The Post-Capitalist Museum and Derby Silk Mill →. Who pays for free admission to museums in the UK? August 3, 2015. I spent much of the last fortnight spending a small fortune traipsing round half empty museums in Tuscany. From afar I read the increasingly contested debates around the philosophy and affordability of the policy free admission to some museums in the UK. As a director of mu...
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MoDA: April 2015
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Friday, 24 April 2015. To Liberty and Beyond. MoDA Curator, Sim Panaser takes a closer look at some of the the designs of the Silver Studio. Liberty is my favourite department store, so I was especially excited to find out more about the connections between the iconic store and the Silver Studio, whose collection is here at the Museum of Domestic Design and. Saw Liberty art fabrics pop with patterns. In Brook Green, Hammersmith. The timing of the Studio was perfect; patterns for wallpapers and textil...
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