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The spectator as a spiritual conservator of artistic heritage. Roger Marijnissen on museum education

open access: yesCeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art, 2015
Throughout his life Marijnissen  has often advocated the significance art education as an important aspect of a museum’s mission. He even provided some valid suggestions as to how the public can be enticed to engage more closely with a museum.
Willem Elias
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Museum education and regional identity formation

open access: yesPolítica e Gestão Educacional, 2021
Museum education is a specific field dedicated to developing and encouraging non-formal education spaces and institutions such as museums. Its principal purpose is to interest visitors in learning experiences to improve their curiosity and engagement in
Svetlana V. Ushakova   +3 more
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles [PDF]

open access: yes
The mission of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles is to inspire wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. The Museum has three floors of exhibits, featuring the world’s largest collection of natural gold in the ...

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Craft in unexpected places [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Within the shifting territories of craft practice, the handmade has become a relational form of contemporary activity that transforms our understanding of place through a hands-on, minds-on process of collective-making.
Barber, Claire, Macbeth, Penny
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Inter‐microscope comparability of dental microwear texture data obtained from different optical profilometers: Part II Deriving instrument‐specific correction equations for meta‐analyses using published data

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) has emerged as a valuable method for investigating the feeding ecology of vertebrates. Over the past decade, three‐dimensional topographic data from microscopic regions of tooth surfaces have been collected, and surface texture parameters have been published for both extant and fossil species.
Mugino O. Kubo   +4 more
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Variation in parrot jaw musculature

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Interspecific morphological differences in some superficial jaw muscles of parrots. Abstract Psittaciformes, the order encompassing parrots and their relatives, are highly diverse and generally known for having a strong beaks used for multiple behaviors. The muscles related to the masticatory apparatus should reflect this functional complexity; however,
Ana Carolina L. Faillace   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whalesong [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
Sturgulewski: education is priority -- Cowper: 'End of the budget cuts' -- Cool, clear water -- Drugs...Ignorance?...immunity? -- LETTERS -- Tuxedo Junction set for November 8 -- Rawls, Coleman ready for B-ball season -- UAJ students test their alcohol ...

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The relationship between form and function of the carnivore mandible

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Dietary morphology diversified extensively in Carnivoraformes (living Carnivora and their stem relatives) during the Cenozoic (the last 66 million years) as they evolved to capture, handle, and process new animal and plant diets. We used 3D geometric morphometrics, mechanical advantage, and finite element analysis to test the evolutionary ...
Charles J. Salcido, P. David Polly
wiley   +1 more source

EĞİTİM FAKÜLTELERİNDE MÜZE EĞİTİMİ DERSİ GEREKLİLİĞİ ÜZERİNE

open access: yesHayef: Journal of Education, 2019
the constructivist education system, which has introduced since 2005-2006 academic years in Turkey. İn this regard, concept of ‘museum’ was examined and role of museums and modern perception of museology were highlighted.
Evren Şar, Tuna Sağkol
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Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

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