From changeling to citizen: learning disability and its representation in museums

This paper examines why museums, both currently and historically, have excluded material relating to people with intellectual impairments. The national picture is examined briefly before the focus shifts to three UK museums in York, Leeds and Colchester where curatorial attitudes to including and pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kathy Allday
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Leicester 2009-03-01
Series:Museum & Society
Online Access:https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/mas/article/view/129