Science for the Nation: Perspectives on the History of the Science MuseumP. Morris Springer, 5 sty 2016 - 350 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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The Explosion of South Kensington | 11 |
The Science Museumat War and Peace | 41 |
3 The Science Museum andthe Second World War | 61 |
The ScienceMuseum 19501983 | 90 |
5 Parallax Error? AParticipantsAccount of the Science Museumc1980c2000 | 111 |
How the ScienceMuseums Library Rose Fell andRose Again | 136 |
TheScience Museum Buildings andthe Temporality of Space | 157 |
The Role of TemporaryExhibitions in the Science Museum | 212 |
Constructing the Collections theCulture and the Institution | 250 |
Housingthe Collections | 273 |
13 The International Context and theContext of Internationalism | 294 |
A Speech made at theDinner to Celebrate the Centenary ofthe Science Museum on 11 June 2009by Professor Chris Rapley CBEDirector of the Scienc... | 312 |
Temporary SpecialExhibitions 19121983 | 317 |
Table of Senior Staff at theScience Museum 18932000 | 324 |
Visitor Figures for theScience Museum 19092008 | 329 |
ChangingConceptions of Science Museum Display | 176 |
The Influence of Children on theDevelopment of the Science Museum | 194 |
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Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
acquisition Advisory Council Aeronautics aircraft artefacts Asst Keeper Bell Britain British Museum building Centenary Centre Block century Chemistry Children’s Gallery Committee Cossons culture curatorial curators David Follett Department Deutsches Museum dioramas Director display East Block Education engineering Exhibition Road Festival Greenaway Henry Lyons History of Science Illustration Imperial College Imperial War Museum industry institutions Islamic loan Lockyer London Mackintosh Margaret Weston Memorandum Ministry modern Morant Museum Annual Report Museum’s collections Museums and Galleries National Maritime Museum National Museum National Railway Museum Neil Cossons O’Dea objects opened organisation Patent Office Museum period planetarium plans programme Royal Commission science and technology Science Collections Science Museum Annual Science Museum Library Science Museum Report scientific Second World Services Sherwood Taylor Sir Henry Lyons Smithsonian Society South Kensington Museum space special exhibitions staff summary sheet technical television temporary exhibitions tion visitors Wellcome Collection