John Peel at home
Online museums are an exciting recent element of the museums world. They are extremely accessible, allowing people to explore objects and to contribute and share their stories independently. This is an interesting development for social history, where there has been an ongoing debate in recent years about the balance between interpretation of objects by curators and by visitors themselves.
Ross Parry’s edited collection of essay, Museums in a Digital Age, is really interesting for further reading on this topic.
In thrilling news for music fans this week, the first portion of the personal record collection of the late DJ John Peel has been launched online.
The Life Curatorial 