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Museum History Journal Template

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About the Museum History Journal format

Museum History Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Museums and Cultural Heritage, Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, History of Science and Natural History.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Museum History Journal 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inMuseums and Cultural Heritage Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation History of Science and Natural History Photography and Visual Culture Historical Art and Culture Studies
ISSN1936-9816
Citation impact (2-yr)0.15
h-index12
i10-index14
Total citations720
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Oxford
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Museum History Journal per year

18
2014
18
2015
23
2016
11
2017
11
2018
14
2019
14
2020
5
2021
12
2022
12
2023
16
2024
15
2025

Citation impact of Museum History Journal by publication year

29
2014
54
2015
128
2016
31
2017
29
2018
61
2019
51
2020
9
2021
15
2022
20
2023
7
2024
0
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Museum History Journal

Collecting African Money in Georgian London: Sarah Sophia Banks and her Collection of Coins

Catherine Eagleton · 1 Jan 2013

Sarah Sophia Banks (1744–1818) is less well known than her brother, Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society. Like her brother, she was a keen collector, and assembled a substantial collection of printed ephemera, as well as an important numismatic collection. Both these collections were deposited at the British Museum on her death in 1818,…

The dead curator: Education and the rise of bureaucratic authority in natural history museums, 1870–1915

Kathrinne Duffy · 15 Dec 2016

The dismantling of the Jenks Museum of Natural History at Brown University illustrates a shift from charismatic to bureaucratic authority in museums and its implications for museum education. J.W.P. Jenks, the museum’s founder and curator, died in 1894. Without Jenks’s constant effort on behalf of the museum, his collection deteriorated. Reacting against cabinet displays like…

Lost Museums

Steven Lubar, Lukas Rieppel, Ann K. Daly et al. · 6 Dec 2016

Museums are forever. At least that is what we’ve come to believe. In this introductory essay, we ask how that idea became part of the modern museum’s founding ideology, as well as the challenges it has faced both in practice and in theory. An overview of museum history finds that collections are often more mobile…

Anglo-Saxon Artifacts and Nationalist Discourse

Robert McCombe · 1 Jul 2011

This paper examines the reception, and display of two Anglo-Saxon artifacts, the Kingston Down Brooch and the Benty Grange Helm, during the nineteenth century. Both were excavated by amateurs, although by amateurs of different backgrounds nearly eighty years apart; but by the 1840s and 1850s both were attracting attention from scholars who wished to integrate…

Cultures of Curating: The Limits of Authority

Sarah Longair · 1 Jan 2015

This introduction explores themes discussed in the special issue of the Museum History Journal which examined critical issues in the history curating, in particular curatorial authority. It introduces a series of essays which together demonstrate how curators attempted to exert authority over institutions, collections, objects, knowledge and public understanding, It highlights the various factors, revealed…

Museum History Journal template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Museum History Journal format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Museum History Journal template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Museum History Journal use?
Museum History Journal uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Museum History Journal 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Museum History Journal?
No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Museum History Journal document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Museum History Journal template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Museum History Journal format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Museum History Journal?
Museum History Journal is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Museum History Journal template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Museum History Journal PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Museum History Journal template (the interact class) that is ready to submit to Taylor & Francis, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Museum History Journal template cost?
You can start writing in the Museum History Journal template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Museum History Journal PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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