Behind the scenes at the Science Museum

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Macdonald Sharon
Published: Berg,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: 2002.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Materializing culture
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Carrier Form: xiii, 293 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 1859735665 (cloth)
1859735711 (paper)
Index Number: G269
CLC: G269.561-49
Call Number: G269.561-49/M135
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-283) and index.
Admission : going in -- Cultural revolution in South Kensington -- A new vision for the 21st century : rewriting the museum -- A 'hot potato' for a new public: a 'flagship' exhibition on food -- 'Reality sets in' : managing and materialising dreams (and negotiating nightmares) -- Virtual consumers and supermarket science -- Opening and aftermath : ritual, reviews and reflection -- The active audience and the politics of appropriation -- Behind and beyond the scenes.