This book tells the story of the boom in smalls museums that took place in Britain from the 1960s onwards. Drawing on extensive interview materials, it explores why community groups, families and individuals were inspired to set up museums, teasing out the connections between personal experience and national change.

Fiona Candlin is Professor of Museology at Birkbeck
Toby Butler is a heritage consultant and public historian
Jake Watts is a researcher in politics and social history