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The Museum Outside Museum

DIID
Science museums have the important cultural mission of mentoring society in scientific and technological progress. To pursue this objective many resources have been invested in digital communication and marketing, but this is not sufficient to reach ...
Giovanna Nichilò, Carla Langella
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Texas is not a human evolution desert! Presenting human evolution to the public through museum displays

Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2020
Texas is home to four of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. As would be expected, several large universities in Texas, public and private, offer courses in which the topic of human evolution is covered.
Shelley L. Smith
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Molecular methods for differentiating Phragmites australis subspecies and identification of hybrid stands in the Upper Midwestern United States

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise In North America, Phragmites australis (common reed) has drawn a great deal of research attention. Non‐native P. australis subsp. australis is a noxious weed that has locally displaced native P. australis subsp. americanus in some areas.
Nicholas P. Tippery, Daniel J. Larkin, Julia Bohnen, Douglas L. Wendell, Neil O. Anderson, Susan M. Galatowitsch, Marie Abbey, Alan G. Smith, Andrzej K. Noyszewski   +8 more
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The portrayal of women scientists in Chinese science and technology museums

Cultures of Science
This article focuses on 268 institutions (including museums and small exhibition halls) in China that comprehensively showcase scientists’ lives and spirit.
Meifang Zhang, Yanhua Zhang
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Museum science?

Nordisk Museologi, 1970
                
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BarnebyLives: An R package to create herbarium specimen labels and clean spreadsheets

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Accessioning herbarium specimens is labor intensive, yet remains vital for research in ecology, evolution, and conservation. As institutional support for herbaria declines, efficient tools are needed to streamline this process. The R package BarnebyLives was developed to assist collectors by supplementing collection notes, verifying ...
Reed Clark Benkendorf, Jeremie B. Fant
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refloraR: An R package for efficiently retrieving and analyzing plant specimen data from the Herbário Virtual Reflora

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Advances in the digitization of herbarium collections are enabling open access to specimen data for research and conservation. In Brazil, the Herbário Virtual Reflora (HVR) hosts over 4.8 million high‐resolution images of botanical specimens and their associated data from 86 national and international herbaria.
Carlos Calderón del Cid, Ana Flávia Alves Versiane, Paula Leitman, Fabiana Ranzato Filardi, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza, Domingos Cardoso   +5 more
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Harvard Art Museums API

, 2015
The Harvard Art Museums API is a REST-style service designed for developers who wish to explore and integrate the museums’ collections in their projects.
Harvard Art Museums
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Engaging future scientists: the effect of science museum visits on high school students’ science identity development

International Journal of STEM Education
Background Expanding participation in STEM fields has been a longstanding national priority, with growing attention to informal learning environments as contexts for fostering students’ science identity.
Shuhan Ai
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O contexto do visitante na experiência museal: semelhanças e diferenças entre museus de ciência e de arte The personal context of a museum experience: similarities and differences between science and art museums

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2005
Destaca-se, neste artigo, o desenvolvimento de pesquisas que elucidem não só o perfil socioeconômico do visitante e do não-visitante de museus, mas também seus hábitos culturais, interesses gerais de lazer e percepções de arte, ciência e outros temas ...
Adriana Mortara Almeida
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