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Science Museum Group Journal, 2018 Energise is one of ten award-winning new galleries at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Aimed at a family audience, it explores the sources, generation, distribution and use of energy and questions how science and technology may transform how
Elsa Cox +2 more
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First record for Malawi of Kenrick’s Starling (Poeoptera kenricki Shelley, 1894) (Aves: Sturnidae) [PDF]
Check List, 2015 We report on the first record of Kenrick’s Starling for Malawi. A flock of more than 150 birds was observed in the Misuku Hills in far northern Malawi; two individuals were collected for voucher specimens and deposited in museum collections.
Joshua Engel +3 more
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Museums as playful venues in the leisure society [PDF]
, 2012 Our focus in this manuscript is on the ‘playful’ aspect of cultural consumption in the context of the museum. We discuss how museum visitors can experience moments of ‘play’ through engagement with the museum exhibits.
Jafari, Aliakbar, Taheri, Babak
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Comparative research into the museum governance systems of national museums in the UK and Taiwan [PDF]
, 2009 This research is a pioneering study focusing on the museum governance system. Governance in museums has been under-researched; however, recent disputes and development have drawn the public’s attention to this subject.
Tzeng, Shin-Chieh
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Museums and museums: the picture of scientific museums [PDF]
Journal of Science Communication, 2003 In the field of scientific communication in Europe, science centres have gained increasing importance over the last ten years. Italy, beyond the City of Science in Naples, is also planning the set up of more science centres throughout the country. Their hands-on style makes them something between a museum and a fun fair and, beyond the issue of merit ...
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Exploring the Roles of Technology and Social Play in Art Museums
, 2011 This co-written chapter was included in an edited book featuring invited authors from different countries and different areas of museum research and practice.
Fróes, Isabel, Walker, Kevin
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Quaternary, 2020 In conjunction with the extensive archaeological projects conducted at the current outlet of Sweden’s second largest lake, Lake Vättern, macrofossil, pollen and diatom records have been studied from 14C-dated lake and river sediments from River Motala ...
Jonas Bergman +6 more
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The first report of Nervilia lilacea Jum. & H. Perrier (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae) from Kenya and the Northern Hemisphere [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2019 Nervilia lilacea is recorded from Kenya as well as the Northern Hemisphere for the first time. A plate of ink drawing and a distribution map are provided based on the new collection.
Jing Tian +5 more
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Although conversion of natural forest to agriculture can negatively impact biodiversity in many ways, some affected species may respond by dispersing across the forest–farmland eco-zone, thereby facilitating functional connections through food-web ...
Nickson Erick Otieno +2 more
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On Community and Sustainable Museums [PDF]
, 2019 EU-LAC-MUSEUMS: Concepts, Experiences and Sustainability has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No. 693669. The Book "Sustainable and Community Museums" falls under Work Package
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