Museum volunteering: Heritage as 'serious Leisure'

International Journal of Heritage Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-210

  Orr, Noreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heritage; History; Serious leisure; United Kingdom; Visitors; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347285280     PISSN: 13527258     EISSN: 14703610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527250500496169     Document Type: Article

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