Introduction: Exploring Emotion, Care and Enthusiasm in "Unloved" Museum Collections
Section One: Enthusiasts and Care for Collections
Chapter One: Unlocking the Meanings of Collections: Expertise, care and the Science Museum's locks and fastenings collection, Alison Hess
Chapter Two: "A hawk from a handsaw:" Investigating enthusiasm for rural hand tools, Rhianedd Smith
Chapter Three: What's in a Name? The ethics of care and an "unloved" collection, Anna Woodham and Shane Kelleher
Section Two: "Unloved" Collections
Chapter Four: "Storehouses of unimagined treasures:" Delightful rummaging and artists' responses to "unloved" collections, Alexandra Woodall
Chapter Five: No data, No Use? Changing use and valuation of natural history collections, Mark Carnall
Chapter Six: Getting to Grips with Medical Handling Collections: Medical Memories, Specialist Knowledge and Community Engagement Around "Unloved" Objects, Mark Macleod
Section Three: Emotional Research
Chapter Seven: Emotions and Lost Objects, Sheila Watson
Chapter Eight: Care-full Academic Labour: Encountering Care in Collections-Based Research, Francesca Church
With a foreword by Rhianedd Smith
Volume Conclusion: how to put a little love in your stored collection, Rhianedd Smith and Anna Woodham
Index
