Rachel Morris’ inspiring memoir,
‘The Museum Makers’
a book about love, death and storytelling
One day when I had been working in museums for 10 years, I decided to turn my museum-making skills back onto the boxes of long-forgotten family stuff under our double bed. And so began my journey back through the loves and losses of my bohemian family, as well as through the history of museums. ‘The Museum Makers’ is about love, death and story-telling grandmas – as well as for anyone who loves museums.
‘Immensely thought-provoking’
the herald
‘Skillfully interwoven history, reflection and detective work bouncing off one another to build a spirited narrative . . . engrossing’
the spectator
‘A wonderful book…’
James Rebanks, The Shepherd’s Life
‘A fascinating meditation on the life of objects and their power to trigger our memories . . .’
Dina Nayeri, Ungrateful Refugee
About Rachel
A former director of the museum-making company Metaphor, Rachel Morris has been part of the creation, design and delivery of some of the most exciting displays, renovations and museums of the last few decades, from the new Cast Courts at the V&A and the Ashmolean, Oxford to the Terracotta Warriors at the British Museum and Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
