Whose story is being told – and why? Four questions museum visitors should ask themselves these school holidays

Museums tend to enjoy a high level of trust among the public. They’re widely seen as neutral, factual sources of historical knowledge.

But like all forms of storytelling, museums present the past in particular ways. They narrate events from a certain group’s or individual’s perspective and explain why events unfolded in the way they did.

https://theconversation.com/whose-story-is-being-told-and-why-four-questions-museum-visitors-should-ask-themselves-these-school-holidays-259538