Hi all
New museums book just out:
Curiosities from the Cabinet features
36 museum objects including an ancient Babylonian tablet, a 21st-century
webpage, a skeleton marionette and a colony of live ants, found in UK museums
from Weston-super-Mare to the Shetland Islands. We hear over 40 people from
inside and outside the museum world – curators, conservationists, visitors,
users, artists – talking about these objects with knowledge, passion and even
tenderness.
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All profits to the UK museums sector. The book is available as
paperback and e-book here:
with 5% off until the end of February. It’s a book for the general
public (not an academic work) but should also interest museums professionals. Cover image attached.
Endorsements:
‘… the idea of the cabinet of curiosity continues to entice and
surprise. This book does too.’
David Anderson, Director, National
Museum Wales
‘This is both an accessible and illuminating introduction to some
wonderful objects.’
Kate Arnold-Forster, Director,
Museum of English Rural Life, Reading
The book is illustrated by Korean artist Minho Kwon. I hope it will help
to publicise our wonderful museums and all the work that goes on inside them
(although that wasn’t primarily why I wrote it).
I’m currently offering talks based on the book to museums, as part
of their events or education programs – please get in touch if you’d like to
discuss.
Best wishes
Rebecca Reynolds
