In remote areas of Europe, local history museums struggle to connect with the rapidly changing and increasingly diverse communities around them. Insa Müller asks how these museums can recast themselves to strengthen the links to their communities. Combining theoretical deliberations, empirical investigations of the case of two Norwegian islands and a museum experiment, she offers starting points for rethinking the local history museum, while at the same time providing suggestions for locally adapted museum practice.
Price: $50.00
Pages: 260
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Publication Date:
30 January 2021
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837651911
Format: Paperback
Insa Müller (PhD), born in 1979, is Associate Professor at the Department of Historical Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her research and teaching is centered on cultural heritage management and museology. She also acts as a special adviser for community dialogue at Stiklestad National Culture Centre and as a researcher at Falstadsenter.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Preface 7
Summary 9
1. Introduction: Local history museums in changing communities 11
2. Inspiration from museum and memory studies 29
3. The Norwegian context 59
4. Memory and history, historical culture, historical consciousness and the local museum 95
5. Historical consciousness among Hitra's and Frøya's population 109
6. Documentation of labour immigrants' experiences and views of the local past and present 199
7. Concluding remarks: The local museum as facilitator of and partner in negotiations of local history, identity and belonging 229
Bibliography 237
