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How did industrial museums cross the Atlantic? When the first American museums of science and industry were created in the 1920s, they looked to Europe in order to import what was seen at that time as a burgeoning cultural institution. In this article, I
Dr Jaume Sastre-Juan
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This paper introduces network science to museum studies. The spatial structure of the museum and the exhibit display largely determine what visitors see and in which order, thereby shaping their visit experience.
Yuji Yoshimura, Anne Krebs, Carlo Ratti
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Science Museums and the Popularization of Science in Brazil
We analyzed the role and importance of the popularization of science in science museums, and its perspectives in Brazil, from the experience we have developed over the years in the Espaço Ciência Viva ; and our participation, observations and studies ...
Cecilia C.B. Cavalcanti +1 more
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Inquiry in a Science Museum: Science Museum Educators’ Views and Practices
Our study looks into science museum educators’ views and their practices about inquiry in non-formal venues, such as NOESIS, Greece. On this ground, we developed an interview protocol to use as a basis in the semi-structured interviews conducted with four science museum educators to cast light on their views about inquiry.
Maria Karnezou, Petros Kariotoglou
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Explaining national museums : exploring comparative approaches to the study of national museums
"National Museums" is a major thematic collection of new research papers from around the world. The book is an interrogation of the origins, purpose, organisation, politics, narratives, philosophies, of national museums.
Aronsson, Peter,
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Science Museums: A Panoramic View [PDF]
Science museums come in all shapes and sizes. In order to provide an overview of the present-day landscape of science museums, this survey proposes a typology based on their historical origins. It suggests that, despite their distinct beginnings, museums
Trijp, D.R. van +3 more
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Outsourcing and externalisation: current practice in UK libraries, museums and archives [PDF]
A study, funded by Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, was undertaken in 2000-2001 to give an up-to-date view of the current experience of outsourcing and externalisation in libraries, museums and archives.
Ball, David, Earl, Carleton
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Whose Artifacts? Whose Stories? explores uses of public history to tell stories of women’s relationship with science and technology at the Canada Science and Technology Museum, one of Canada’s national museum.
Anna Adamek, Emily Gann
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On Community and Sustainable Museums [PDF]
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
Gonzalez Rueda, Ana Sol +6 more
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This paper investigated the interactions between the museum educator and a class from a public school during a visit to a science museum in the state of São Paulo.
Guilherme da Silva Lima +1 more
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