Mobile Museums: Collections in Circulation - Softcover

9781787355149: Mobile Museums: Collections in Circulation

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787355144 ISBN 13: 9781787355149

Publisher: UCL Press, 2021

Mobile Museums presents an argument for the importance of circulation in the study of museum collections, past and present.

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About the Authors

Felix Driver is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has undertaken research on collections, exploration and empire in collaboration with various organisations including Kew Gardens and the Royal Geographical Society. His books include Geography Militant (2001) and Hidden Histories of Exploration (2009, with Lowri Jones).

Mark Nesbitt is Honorary Associate Professor at UCL Institute of Archaeology, Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway and Senior Research Leader at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. His research concerns human-plant interactions as revealed through museum collections. His research addresses the histories of empire, medicine and botany and their relevance today.

Caroline Cornish is Senior Research Officer (Plant Humanities) at Royal Holloway, University of London and Honorary Research Associate at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She has published widely on the history of Kew’s Museum of Economic Botany and her research interests lie at the intersection of histories of museums, collections and science.

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