Migrant workers. Summer on a strawberry farm

 https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/online-exhibitions/migrant-workers-summer-on-a-strawberry-farm/

Local History Museums and Ordinary Curating in London

Have you ever wondered why some people around the world are so fascinated with heritage, local memory and local history?
If the big museums in London are too predictable, you can take a different route: the small local history museums, that seem to exist in each London neighbourhood and where ordinary curating finds its home.

http://www.love-london-museums.com/local-history-museums.html

For example,
What can be more interesting than to see a micro museum about a big museum project - The Crystal Palace?

The Crystal Palace Museum

The Crystal Palace Museum tells the story of the Hyde Park and Sydenham Crystal Palaces using photographs and displays of original documents and ceramics.

The museum is located inside the only surviving building built by the Crystal Palace Company circa 1880.

Address

Anerley Hill, Crystal Palace, London SE19 2BA

Tel: 020 8676 0700

OpenSat & Sun 11:00 - 3:30

Admission - FREE

Ordinary Curating in Micro Museums

The Cornice Museum of Ornamental Plasterwork in Scotland

Have you wondered why sometimes visiting a small museum makes people feel nostalgic about the past? What is it so powerful and special about ordinary curating? How objects are exhibited, labelled, explained? How specific designs are associated to feelings?

An introduction into the world of micro-museums by Fiona Caitlin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwKCTSIs7CU