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Carpenter bees (Apidae: <i>Xylocopa</i>) of Ecuador: distribution, DNA barcodes and plant interactions. [PDF]

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Ontaneda-Gallegos R   +9 more
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Museum Studies

2023
Linnea Wallen - orcid:0000-0001-7850-4098 orcid:0000-0001-7850-4098 ; The term “museum studies” came into use in the late 1960s and early 1970s predominately in English-speaking countries, whereas the older term “museology” is more commonly used worldwide.
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Museum Studies

2020
This article is on museum studies, not on museums. Museum studies is defined as the interdisciplinary engagement in critical examination of the history, functions, and roles of museums in society. Although the name museum studies began to be used in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an older term ...
John E. Simmons, Kiersten F. Latham
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City Museums: a Comparative Study between a Brazilian Museum and a Dutch Museum

International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 2020
The objective of this article was to analyze contemporary museal configurations through a comparative study between two city museums: the historical Museum Abilio Barreto of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and the Amsterdam Museum (Netherlands). Our aim was to verify whether the transformations they have been undertaking have resulted in engaging a broader ...
Leonardo Gonçalves Ferreira   +1 more
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Comparative Study of Interactive Systems in a Museum

2010
Museums research new ways to offer positive experience to the visitors and encourage them to return, using modern communication and learning tools. To the effect, technologically advanced interactive ICT systems, are placed in modern-day museums. In this paper we describe and compare six different types of museum exhibits, one traditional and five ...
Michael, D.   +11 more
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Museum Studies

2014
This chapter describes and discusses the major research methods used to study museums. These include gallery analyses and interviews with museum visitors, professionals, and stakeholders, as well as ethnographic fieldwork at museums. Drawing from a range of case studies conducted by museum practitioners, anthropologists, historians, and other museum ...
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