Open AccessHow an Optometric Collector Became an Optometric Archivist
Author(s) -
Michael Aitken
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
hindsight
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-3271
pISSN - 2374-3263
DOI - 10.14434/hindsight.v50i3.27566
Subject(s) - archivist , optometry , visual arts , library science , art , medicine , computer science
This personal article looks at the long journey of an optometrist moving from the pursuit of collecting to the occupation of a volunteer optometry museum archivist. It is suggested that both collectors and archivists have a role to play in the development of museums.
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