Table of Contents

Dream spaces, memories and museums; what is memory?; remembering and forgetting; memory and life stages; memory in late life; remembering and the society of others; the art of listening; oral history and museums; recording memories; working with testimony; dynamics of interviewing; collections of objects, or memories?; collecting memories and objects; reminiscence and the older adult; working with reminiscence; bearing witness; memories, dream spaces and the visit; dreaming the rational; memory spaces, dreams and museums.

About the Author

Gaynor Kavanaugh is head of Graduate Studies and principal lecturer in History at Bath Spa University.

Reviews

"Drawing on research from a number of fields, from behavioral gerontology to historiography, Dream Spaces is a multifaceted look at memory in the history of the museum." Museum News