Article ID: CBB283843462

Beyond “a contradiction in terms”. Transport museums, research agendas, and public history (June 2019)

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Both Transport History and Transport Museums stand at a critical point, this piece argues, with both their academic relevance and public interest and support in the balance. Drawing on recent debate in this journal about the future of Transport History given the recent turn towards mobility, this piece argues that museums and scholars would benefit greatly from the joined up thinking that would allow for new critical perspectives to develop. The challenges of audiences and interpretations, so key to the daily work of museums, fit perfectly with the new perspectives on transport in the past academics themselves are wrestling with, and present exciting opportunities for reflective collaboration.

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Authors & Contributors
Hsien-Chun Wang
Adams-Hutcheson, Gail
Karel Martens
Andrey Vozyanov
Norman W. Garrick
Samuel Merrill
Concepts
Mobility
Transportation
Railroads
Heritage
Land transportation
Railroad Repair Shops
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Japan
Brazil
South Asia
Ukraine
Romania
Institutions
Union Pacific Railway Company
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Central Pacific Railroad Company
California State Railroad Museum
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