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Thread #121219   Message #2644090
Posted By: Newport Boy
30-May-09 - 05:57 AM
Thread Name: Museum of British Folklore - discuss
Subject: RE: Museum of British Folklore - discuss
I hadn't come across this before. It looks interesting, and I'm sure it will develop into a good resource. I would add to Gillian's list of functions - To provide collections for reference.

On the basis of what I've read on the website, I have two reservations.

The information at present is overwhelmingly English - the only reference I caught to the celtic nations was a couple of Irish web addresses. If it is to be British folklore the scope needs to be a lot wider.

The project is evidently one man's passion - none the worse for that, but it is therefore quite small scale. It may well expand rapidly, but there's no indication of the hoped-for scale of the project. To adequately represent the range of British Folklore would require major resources and it's not clear where these might come from.

As an example, have a look at the St Fagans National History Museum pages. The Museum is on a 100-acre site. This is the scale of the main Welsh collection - multiply by maybe 10 for Britain?

Anyway, I wish Simon well and I will try and catch the caravan when it come this way.

Phil