Salvage Stories, Preserving Narratives, and Museum Ships
Andrew Sawyer;
- Publisher: University of Leicester
- Journal: Museum & Society (issn: 1479-8360)
- Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving
- Subject: Museums. Collectors and collecting | AM1-501
Preserved ships and other vessels are associated with a historiography, in Europe at least, which is still marked by parochialism, antiquarianism, and celebratory narrative. Many evidence difficult histories, and they are also extremely expensive to preserve. Yet, they ... View more