Science And Technology Museums

Author : John Durant,Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
Publisher : NMSI Trading Ltd
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Museums
ISBN : 0901805491

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Museums and the Public Understanding of Science by John Durant,Committee on the Public Understanding of Science Pdf

The essays in this volume are organised thematically. The first essay sets the scene by reviewing the present position and future potential of science museums as educational and cultural resources. The next section is devoted to the role of museum exhibitions and analyses how exhibitions deal with complex material. The third section is concerned with museum programmes and reports on the strengths and weaknesses of different museum programmes, ranging from gallery drama to the Boston Museum's innovative experiment with Science-by-mail.

Author : Erminia Pedretti,Ana Maria Navas Iannini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780429017759

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Controversy in Science Museums by Erminia Pedretti,Ana Maria Navas Iannini Pdf

Controversy in Science Museums focuses on exhibitions that approach sensitive or controversial topics. With a keen sense of past and current practices, Pedretti and Navas Iannini examine and re-imagine how museums and science centres can create exhibitions that embrace criticality and visitor agency. Drawing on international case studies and voices from visitors and museum professionals, as well as theoretical insights about scientific literacy and science communication, the authors explore the textured notion of controversy and the challenges and opportunities practitioners may encounter as they plan for and develop controversial science exhibitions. They assert that science museums can no longer serve as mere repositories for objects or sites for transmitting facts, but that they should also become spaces for conversations that are inclusive, critical, and socially responsible. Controversy in Science Museums provides an invaluable resource for museum professionals who are interested in creating and hosting controversial exhibitions, and for scholars and students working in the fields of museum studies, science communication, and social studies of science. Anyone wishing to engage in an examination and critique of the changing roles of science museums will find this book relevant, timely, and thought provoking.

Author : Stella V. F. Butler
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Art
ISBN : MINN:31951D007969830

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Science and Technology Museums by Stella V. F. Butler Pdf

This is a full review of the treatment of science and technology in museums. It discusses the nature of science and its cultural standing at the end of the 20th century as well as the history of science museums in Europe and North America and the effects upon them of the heritage phenomenon. It also includes much of strictly practical interest: it reviews and compares the very best of modern practice - in San Francisco and Toronto, in London, Paris and Berlin; it discusses the technical problems of displaying working machinery and of interpreting unfamiliar and difficult concepts for the public; it explains the principal approaches to collection management and draws lessons from all over the world to compile a thorough appraisal of the effects of the new market-orientated, consumer-led philosophy on the content and practices of science museums.

Author : David Chittenden
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 075910476X

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Creating Connections by David Chittenden Pdf

Science museums are in the business of making science accessible to the public--a public constantly bombarded with new information and research results. How the public understands this information will affect what they expect and take away from a museum's exhibits and programs. Creating Connections looks at the public understanding of research (PUR) and how it affects what science museums do. What are the opportunities and critical issues in PUR? What strategies are working and what are some pitfalls? What can be learned from the media's experiences with PUR? Creating Connections will be an invaluable resource for science museum professionals who want to guide their institutions and their visitors toward a new understanding of and appreciation for current research.

Author : John Durant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:918325479

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Museums and the public understanding of science by John Durant Pdf

Author : Camilla Rossi-Linnemann,Giulia de Martini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780429958366

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Art in Science Museums by Camilla Rossi-Linnemann,Giulia de Martini Pdf

Art in Science Museums brings together perspectives from different practitioners to reflect on the status and meaning of art programmes in science centres and museums around the world. Presenting a balanced mix of theoretical perspectives, practitioners’ reflections, and case-studies, this volume gives voice to a wide range of professionals, from traditional science centres and museums, and from institutions born with the very aim of merging art and science practices. Considering the role of art in the field of science engagement, the book questions whether the arts might help curators to convey complex messages, foster a more open and personal approach to scientific issues, become tools of inclusion, and allow for the production of totally new cultural products. The book also includes a rich collection of projects from all over the world, synthetically presenting cases that reveal very different approaches to the inclusion of art in science programmes. Art in Science Museums should be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students working in the fields of museum studies, cultural heritage management, material culture, science communication and contemporary art. It should also be essential reading for museum professionals looking to promote more reflective social science engagement in their institutions.

Author : Victor J. Danilov
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015019226334

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Science and Technology Centers by Victor J. Danilov Pdf

Victor Danilov directs one of the largest and most innovative of these contemporary science and technology learning centers. He has appropriately provided in this book a hands-on, nuts-and-bolts, do-it-yourself guide to the planning, building, and operating of such a facility.

Author : Graham Farmelo,Janet Carding
Publisher : NMSI Trading Ltd
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 0901805971

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Here and Now by Graham Farmelo,Janet Carding Pdf

Presenting contemporary science and technology provides science museums and science centres with some of their greatest challenges. This book explores questions central to the thinking of every museum and science centre attempting to meet such challenges: What are the implications of the information technology revolution? How can objects be more effectively displayed? And what are the key issues involved in developing exhibitions and events that address contemporary material?

Author : Michael John Gorman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780262359207

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Idea Colliders by Michael John Gorman Pdf

A provocative call for the transformation of science museums into "idea colliders" that spark creative collaborations and connections. Today's science museums descend from the Kunst-und Wunderkammern of the Renaissance--collectors' private cabinets of curiosities--through the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851 to today's "interactive" exhibits promising educational fun. In this book, Michael John Gorman issues a provocative call for the transformation of science museums and science centers from institutions dedicated to the transmission of cultural capital to dynamic "idea colliders" that spark creative collaborations and connections. This new kind of science museum would not stage structured tableaux of science facts but would draw scientists into conversation with artists, designers, policymakers, and the public. Rather than insulating visitors from each other with apps and audio guides, the science museum would consider each visitor a resource, bringing questions, ideas, and experiences from a unique perspective.

Author : Carin Berkowitz,Bernard Lightman
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822982753

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Science Museums in Transition by Carin Berkowitz,Bernard Lightman Pdf

Winner, Outstanding Academic Title 2017, Choice Magazine The nineteenth century witnessed a dramatic shift in the display and dissemination of natural knowledge across Britain and America, from private collections of miscellaneous artifacts and objects to public exhibitions and state-sponsored museums. The science museum as we know it—an institution of expert knowledge built to inform a lay public—was still very much in formation during this dynamic period. Science Museums in Transition provides a nuanced, comparative study of the diverse places and spaces in which science was displayed at a time when science and spectacle were still deeply intertwined; when leading naturalists, curators, and popular showmen were debating both how to display their knowledge and how and whether they should profit from scientific work; and when ideals of nationalism, class politics, and democracy were permeating the museum’s walls. Contributors examine a constellation of people, spaces, display practices, experiences, and politics that worked not only to define the museum, but to shape public science and scientific knowledge. Taken together, the chapters in this volume span the Atlantic, exploring private and public museums, short and long-term exhibitions, and museums built for entertainment, education, and research, and in turn raise a host of important questions, about expertise, and about who speaks for nature and for history.

Author : Michael John Gorman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780262539241

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Idea Colliders by Michael John Gorman Pdf

A provocative call for the transformation of science museums into “idea colliders” that spark creative collaborations and connections. Today's science museums descend from the Kunst-und Wunderkammern of the Renaissance—collectors' private cabinets of curiosities—through the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851 to today's “interactive” exhibits promising educational fun. In this book, Michael John Gorman issues a provocative call for the transformation of science museums and science centers from institutions dedicated to the transmission of cultural capital to dynamic “idea colliders” that spark creative collaborations and connections. This new kind of science museum would not stage structured tableaux of science facts but would draw scientists into conversation with artists, designers, policymakers, and the public. Rather than insulating visitors from each other with apps and audio guides, the science museum would consider each visitor a resource, bringing questions, ideas, and experiences from a unique perspective. Gorman, founder of the trailblazing Science Gallery, describes three scenarios for science museums of the future—the Megamuseum Mall, “the Cirque de Soleil of the science museum world”; the Cloud Chamber, a local space for conversations and co-creation; and the invisible museum, digital device-driven informal science learning. He discusses hybrids that experiment with science and art and science galleries that engage with current research, encouraging connection, participation and surprise. Finally, he identifies ten key shifts in the evolution of science museums, including those from large to small, from interactive to participatory, from enclosed to porous, and from subject-specific to cross-disciplinary.

Author : Sharyn Errington,Brenton Honeyman,Susan M. Stocklmeyer
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 0850926688

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Using Museums to Popularise Science and Technology by Sharyn Errington,Brenton Honeyman,Susan M. Stocklmeyer Pdf

Museums of all sorts and science centres offer excellent opportunities in popularising science and technology to achieve scientific and technological literacy. Science and technology educators and teachers will particularly find this book useful in determining how they could use those facilities effectively in making teaching science and technology enjoyable and contextual. The museum curators and science centres on the other hand will be able to use the book to assist teachers in their efforts to bring relevance and fun in the learning of these subjects.

Author : Peter John Turnbull Morris
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-14
Category : Art
ISBN : NWU:35556040525867

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Science for the Nation by Peter John Turnbull Morris Pdf

A engaging history of the British Science Museum, produced to mark the centenary of its separation from the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1909. Rather than simply a narrative history, it uses the key themes of the Science Museums evolution to explore major issues and tensions common to the development of all science and technology museums.

Author : John Durant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:784927997

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Museums and the Public Understanding of Science by John Durant Pdf

The role of a museum ; educational and other programmes.

Author : Nobel Symposium 1999
Publisher : Science History Publications
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 0881352977

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Museums of Modern Science by Nobel Symposium 1999 Pdf