Screen LibraryScience for the nation Perspectives on the history of the Science Museum /
An engaging study of a great national institution. Essays explore the changing roles of museums and the perceived public role of a museum of science and technology. Illuminates the ways in which we think about the collecting and display of objects and the often difficult relations between the state,...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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An engaging study of a great national institution. Essays explore the changing roles of museums and the perceived public role of a museum of science and technology. Illuminates the ways in which we think about the collecting and display of objects and the often difficult relations between the state, business and industry, and museum funding. |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | 392 p. : 61 b&w, 14 col., 2 graphs, ill., plates, 5. |
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9780230230095 9780230283145 : 0230283144 : |
| CLC: | G269.712 |
| Contents: | List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Foreword-- S.Schaffer Introduction-- P.Morris Infected by the Bacillus of Science: The Explosion of South Kensington-- R.Bud The First Years: The Science Museum at War and Peace-- T.Scheinfeldt The Science Museum and the Second World War-- T.Parsons III Ambition and Anxiety: The Science Museum, 1950s to 1983-- S.Anthony Parallax Error? A Participant's Account of the Science Museum, c.1980-c.2000-- T.Boon Waves of Change: How The Science Museum's Library Rose, Fell and Rose Again-- N.Wyatt 'A Worthy and Suitable House' Science Museum Buildings and t |