Public Collectors

Another great project produced by Marc Fischer (see also Temporary Services and Mess Hall). This is a nice way to create audiences for, and interest in, collecting as a form of material culture research. It creates an opportunity to take a practice that is often solitary or confined to somewhat narrow subcultures, and broaden its public face. We are so excited to see this get up and running!

From the site:

"Public Collectors consists of informal agreements where collectors allow the contents of their collection to be published and permit those who are curious to directly experience the objects in person."

"Public Collectors is founded upon the concern that there are many types of cultural artifacts that public libraries, museums and other institutions and archives either do not collect or do not make freely accessible."

"The purpose of this project is for large collections of materials to become accessible so that knowledge, ideas and expertise can be freely shared and exchanged."