Behind the scenes at the Science Museum
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Published: |
Berg,
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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. |