The Evolution of Science Museums

Bedini, Silvio A.

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“…However, there is no evidence to suggest that Denmark should constitute a special case when it comes to natural history museums and the perception of them. Natural history museums in Denmark are rooted in the same history and traditions as museums in the rest of Europe and in the U.S., and share many common features (Yanni ; Asma ; Findlen ; Bedini ). To investigate the question further, we compared answers from the 71 respondents who had included one or more natural history museums outside Denmark (mainly European and U.S. museums) as examples of natural history museums visited, versus the 391 respondents who only gave examples of Danish natural history museums.…”

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A Place for Kids? The Public Image of Natural History Museums

Strager¹,

Astrup²

2014

Curator The Museum Journal

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Scholars, commentaries, guide books, and people “on the street” seem to agree and take for granted that natural history museums are mainly aimed at children. Nevertheless, no studies have specifically investigated the public image of natural history museums. In this study, we provide quantitative evidence that natural history museums are indeed seen by the public as being primarily aimed at children and families with children, and we discuss the consequences that this fact has for the potential role that natural history museums could have in promoting science literacy and for the perception of science in general.

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A Place for Kids? The Public Image of Natural History Museums

Strager¹,

Astrup²

2014

Curator The Museum Journal

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“…This is the case with institutions such as the Exploratorium and its founder Frank Oppenheimer, or the Harvard Natural Science Museum and professor Louis Agassiz ( Andrewes, 2001 ; Ledbetter, 2013 ). At the same time, historians have described museums as institutions that support nation-building and governmental projects ( Bedini, 1965 ; Bergers, Van Trijp, 2017; MacDonald, 2002 , 1998 ; Rudolph, 2002 ; Sheets-Pyenson, 1988 ; Yanni, 2005 ). However, personal motivation does not exclude the motivations of nation-building or governmental projects.…”

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The first interactive science museum in Peru: the origin and creation of TECNO-ITINTEC, 1975-1979

Ruiz-León

2024

Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos

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This paper examines the development of the TECNO-ITINTEC museum, the first interactive science museum in Peru, which opened in 1979. The museum functioned under the Institute of Industrial Technology Research and Technical Standards (ITINTEC), a public institution established during the government of Velazco Alvarado. In 1975, Jorge Heraud became the president of ITINTEC’s Board of Directors and proposed a science museum to inspire future generations of scientists. José Castro Mendívil joined as the exhibition’s director and designer. Their motivation to open a museum coincided with the government’s ideals for modernization and nationalization. This article analyzes various sources including newspapers, laws that regulated the institute, reports, and interviews with people involved in the museum to understand how science and politics intersected in TECNO-ITINTEC

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“…The discovery of other lands (the Middle East and the New World), and new environments, persons and productions, increased curiosity and enlarged the number of amassed items. The wealthy and noble Renaissance families and educated classes were in possession of a large number of natural and artificial curiosities, sculptures and paintings (Bedini 1965). Curiosity cabinets, which were intended to give an encyclopaedic vision of the whole of human knowledge and the cosmos (Classen 2007), proliferated across Europe.…”

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Archaeometry and Museums: Fifty Years of Curiosity and Wonder*

Guerra

2008

Archaeometry

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Artefacts and works of art kept in museum collections originated in many cases from ancient private collections. In such cases, a partial or total absence of historical information may create additional problems concerning their authenticity. The study of museum collections and their preservation requires the use of analytical techniques but also combined examination techniques not commonly necessary for the study of archaeological objects. This paper gives an overview of the importance of museum items for the understanding of the past, the difficulties relating to their authentication and the significant advances brought about by science‐based techniques, in particular those cases discussed in Archaeometry during the past 50 years.

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The Evolution of Science Museums

Cited by 10 publications

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A Place for Kids? The Public Image of Natural History Museums

A Place for Kids? The Public Image of Natural History Museums

The first interactive science museum in Peru: the origin and creation of TECNO-ITINTEC, 1975-1979

Archaeometry and Museums: Fifty Years of Curiosity and Wonder*

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