Stored collections research
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- The report
- Findings summarised
- The research
- Research archive
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Research funded by
The Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
The Museum Documentation Association (now the Collections Trust)
The Museums Libraries & Archives Council (MLA) (functions assumed by Arts Council England)
RENAISSANCE
The Pilgrim Trust
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Authors and researchers
Dr Suzanne Keene
Dr Alice Stevenson
Dr Francesca Monti
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Contact
Dr Suzanne Keene
Reader Emeritus in Museum Studies
suzanne.keene@ucl.ac.uk
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The report
COLLECTIONS FOR PEOPLE: THE STORED COLLECTIONS OF UK MUSEUMS AS A PUBLIC RESOURCE
Keene, S., with Stevenson, A. and Monti, F. 2008. Collections for people: museums' stored collections as a public resource. UCL Institute of Archaeology. 84 pp. ISBN: 978-0-905853-44-4
Downloads
| Summary leaflet | collections_leaflet.pdf |
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Whole report (5,240 kb) |
collections_report_whole.pdf |
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Executive Summary Recommendations 1 Introduction: context and research 2 Museums and collections in England and Wales |
Download collections_report01.pdf |
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3 How much are collections used? The statistics 4 Museums with ‘more users’ |
Download collections_report02.pdf |
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5 The users’ perspective 6 Collections and their uses 7 Digital issues |
Download collections_report03.pdf |
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8 In practice: ways of providing access 9 Conclusions, issues and recommendations APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 APPENDIX 3 APPENDIX 4 |
Download collections_report04.pdf |
The research data (anonymised) are now online, and I encourage anyone to use them for their own research.
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