Open Access"A Splendid Thing"
Author(s) -
Neil Handley
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
hindsight
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-3271
pISSN - 2374-3263
DOI - 10.14434/hindsight.v50i3.27565
Subject(s) - pride , publicity , possession (linguistics) , george (robot) , value (mathematics) , history , art , art history , visual arts , sociology , law , political science , philosophy , computer science , linguistics , machine learning
This paper discusses the origins of the British Optical Association Museum and how it increased in prominence. Its value for matters such as historical research, pride of possession of members, publicity, recognition of the status of the profession, and demonstration of the long and distinguished history of the profession are examined. The arguments in support of the museum in the first half of the twentieth century by John Hamer Sutcliffe, and later his protégé George Giles, are highlighted.