Hedley Swain is Head of Early London History and Collections at the Museum of London and chair of the British Society of Museum Archaeologists. He is an honorary lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and an instructor at the University of London. Swain has published widely on museum and archaeological matters and is the author of several major surveys of museum archaeology in Britain.
Part I. Introduction: 1. What for whom?
2. Origins and influences
3. Current aims, scope, and theory
4. The legal framework
5. Geographic scope
Part II. Collections: 6. Archaeological collections
7. Excavation archives
8. Human remains
9. Research
10. Conservation and collections care
Part III. Interpretation: 11. The visiting public
12. Displaying archaeology: methods
13. Displaying archaeology: examples
14. Schools, public and community programmes
Part IV. Conclusions: 15. Conclusions
16. Museums mentioned in text.
