The History of the Museums Association is the history of the UK based Museums Association (MA), which is the oldest museum association in the world.[1] The concept was first proposed by Elijah Howarth of the Weston Park Museum, Sheffield in 1877.
The objects of the MA were stated as follows:[2]:88
The Museums Association held annual conferences incorporating the Annual General Meeting, hosted by different museums:
Date | Host museum | President | Notes |
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1890[3] | William Brown Library and Museum, Liverpool | Henry Higgins | |
1891[3] | Cambridge University Museum of Zoology | John Willis Clark | |
1892[3] | Manchester Museum | William Boyd Dawkins | |
1893[3] | British Museum (Natural History), London | William Henry Flower | |
1894[3] | Dublin Science and Art Museum | Valentine Ball | |
1895[3] | Hancock Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Rev. Alfred Merle Norman | |
1896[3] | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow | James Paton | |
1897[3] | Oxford | Ray Lankester | |
1898[3] | Sheffield | William Henry Brittain | |
1899[3] | Brighton | Alfred Hawkes | |
1900[3] | Canterbury | Henry Woodward | |
1901[3] | Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art | William Turner | |
1902[3] | Bradford | William Priestley | |
1903[3] | Aberdeen | Francis Arthur Bather | |
1904[3] | Norwich | Sidney Frederic Harmer | |
1905[3] | Worcester | Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth | |
1906[3] | Bristol | William Evans Hoyle | |
1907[3] | Albert Institute, Dundee | John Maclauchlan | |
1908 | Ipswich Museum | Jonathan Hutchinson |
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