[BCMA] women in museums

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Hi Lorraine,

 

There are quite a few cases of women working as paid or unpaid curators or
staff (sometimes alongside their husbands) in the early twentieth century.
For one example, check out Cannibal Tours and Glass Boxes: The Anthropology
of Museums by Michael M. Ames, about the UBC Museum of Anthropology. Another
example is the Australian Museum's series of blog articles about Elsie
Bramell and other early women workers. The links to the Australian Museum's
blog are http://australianmuseum.net.au/Elsie-Bramell,
http://australianmuseum.net.au/blogpost/Museullaneous/International-Womens-D
ay, http://australianmuseum.net.au/australian-museum-history. The
Pitt-Rivers Museum at Oxford had influential staff member Beatrice
Blackwood. Her story is here: http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/b_blackwood.html. 

 

Many large museums have records of their early staff and departments, and
increasingly these are being shared with researchers through blogs and
online archives. These departmental histories are a good source for
information about female staff.

 

Good luck!

 

Julianna Weisgarber

Event & Volunteer Coordinator

Central BC Railway & Forestry Museum

Prince George, BC

 

 

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Dear BCMA,

I am doing some research about the historical role of women in museums,
whether as curators, educators, benefactors, etc., or as subjects of
collections and exhibitions. Does anyone have any idea of a good source of
information, big or small, for this subject?

Thanks very much,

Lorraine Bell


 

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