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Subject(s)

• Sports museums [Browse]

Editor

• Hughson, John, 1958- [Browse]
• Wacker, Christian [Browse]
• Moore, Kevin, 1960- [Browse]

Summary note

"This book explores, in breadth and depth, the role of sport in museums. It surveys the history of sport in museums, including the growth in sport museums and halls of fame driven by major sports teams and sport organisations. The book considers the humanistic benefits of the promotion of sporting heritage within museums, and presents cases, museums stories and best practice from around the world. Sport in Museums is essential reading for all students, researchers, curators, and historians with an interest in sport. It is also a useful resource for researchers and advanced students working in museum studies, heritage studies or cultural history"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

Includes index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Introduction: Sport and museums : curious connections? / Kevin Moore and John Hughson
• The material culture of sport : part 1 / Kevin Moore
• The material culture of sport : part 2 / Kevin Moore
• Sport collections : artifacts, memorabilia, and more / Christian Wacker
• The role of a national sport museum : an ambitious balancing act / Helen Walpole and Jed Smith
• Rugby, reconciliation and post-apartheid public memory : from the South African Rugby Museum to the 'springbok experience' / Hendrik Snyders
• Understanding sport museums in the digital age / Murray G. Phillips
• The Silverstone Interactive Museum and British motor sport heritage : vrroom with a view / Jean Williams
• The China Sports Museum : its past, present and future / Xue Li, Rowan Simons and Wang Jun
• Establishing everyday edutainment experiences within glocal sports stadia : "selfies from the side-lines" / Richard Wright
• A visitor-focussed approach to sport museums and sport halls of fame : symbiosis in diversity / Helen Walpole
• Sporting heritage in the UK / Justine Reilly
• Piquing public curiosities and critical intrigue in athletic performance : sport in science museums / Geoffery Z. Kohe
• A strange love for smelly objects : or how I learned to stop worrying and love the sport museum / John Hughson
• Best practice in sports museums and sport in museums / Kevin Moore.

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ISBN

• 1-351-11794-7
• 1-351-11792-0
• 1-351-11793-9

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