{"id":1036,"date":"2019-10-21T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?page_id=1036"},"modified":"2019-10-21T13:00:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T12:00:44","slug":"rural-crafts-and-trades-collections-today","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?page_id=1036","title":{"rendered":"Rural Crafts and Trades Collections Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1037\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Grundisburgh-Smithy-Museum-of-E.Anglian-Life-Stowmarket.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1037\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Grundisburgh-Smithy-Museum-of-E.Anglian-Life-Stowmarket-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Grundisburgh-Smithy-Museum-of-E.Anglian-Life-Stowmarket-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Grundisburgh-Smithy-Museum-of-E.Anglian-Life-Stowmarket.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grundisburgh Smithy, Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2007, David Viner carried out a survey of collections of rural crafts and trades in museums, as part of a project at the <a href=\"https:\/\/merl.reading.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museum of English Rural Life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This study primarily sought to create a database of\u00a0information on rural crafts and trades material and related sources held in\u00a0museums across the country.\u00a0 It was based on a definition of &#8216;rural industries&#8217; as small industries carried on in country districts, dependent either upon some local supply of raw material or some local demand for the finished product, and being of the nature of craft work rather than of machine production.<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0on the links below to download a copy of the report:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rural-Crafts-and-Trades-Collections-Today.-Part-One-The-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rural Crafts and Trades Collections Today. Part One \u2013 The Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rural-Crafts-and-Trades-Collections-Today-Part-Two-The-Directory.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rural Crafts and Trades Collections Today, Part Two \u2013 The Directory<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rural-Crafts-and-Trades-Collections-Today-Part-Three-Bibliography.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rural Crafts and Trades Collections Today, Part Three \u2013 Bibliography<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This review formed part of a broader project at the Museum of English Rural Life entitled Rural Crafts Today, which saw the museum\u00a0connecting the Museum\u2019s craft collections with the people, skills and places associated with rural crafts in the countryside today.\u00a0 The resulting exhibition included films of individual craftspeople.\u00a0\u00a0Short extracts from each of the films can be viewed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/merl\/online_exhibitions\/ruralcrafts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MERL Rural Crafts Today website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2007, David Viner carried out a survey of collections of rural crafts and trades in museums, as part of a project at the Museum of English Rural Life. 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