Journal
Our annual journal Social History in Museums contains a mix of papers on current research, new projects, reviews of exhibitions and new writing in social history.
An archive of past journals is now available.
Please note: the journals have been scanned and are available as pdf documents here. Some are large documents and so may take a short time to download.
You can also download an index of authors and articles here.
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- Volume 35
- Volume 34
- Volume 33
- Volume 32
- Volume 31
- Volume 30
- Volume 29
- Volume 28
- Volume 27
- Volume 26
- Volume 25
- Volume 24
- Volume 23
- Volume 22 (1995-96)
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Conference Papers
- Coxall, Helen: Resistant Readings: It is what you say and the way that you say it
- Caulton, Tim: Hands on or Hands off? The role of interactive exhibits within traditional museum galleries
- McManus, Paulette: Approaches to evaluation in preliminary assessment studies
- Millard, John: Art History and half-baked gimmicks
Articles
- White, Helen: Kids – what can you do? A North East Childhood at Tyne and Wear Museums
- Harland, Lucy: All muffined out: a journey through the looking glass
- Vamplew, Wray: Sports History, Sports Myths and Sports Museums
- Tyler, Jayne: Sporting Life
- Rumsby, John: Military Medals for Social Historians
- Volume 21 (1994)
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Conference Papers
- Ormrod, David: Historians, Objects and Evidence … What Objects?
- Ross, Cathy: Watching the Curators
- Mastoris, Steph: The Dollypeg’s Offspring: in search of objects from post-war Britain for museum reminiscence work
Articles
- Suggitt, Mark: Doctors in Taste?
- Van Lakerweld, Carry: Sensitivities on Display: dealing with controversial subjects in a museological context
- Merriman, Nick: The Peopling of London
- Digger, Jo: The People’s Show: one strategy towards the democratic museum
- Francis, Robin: The People’s Show – a critical analysis
- Edwards Hazel: Follow the banner: interpreting trade union history
- Copp, Chris: Research Popular Culture: a case study – Boxing Harborough