Science for the Nation
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Science for the Nation

Perspectives on the History of the Science Museum

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Science for the Nation

Perspectives on the History of the Science Museum

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An engaging study of a great national institution. Essays explore the changing roles of museums and the perceived public role of a museum of science and technology. Illuminates the ways in which we think about the collecting and display of objects and the often difficult relations between the state, business and industry, and museum funding.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
ISBN
9780230283145
Topic
Histoire
Subtopic
Histoire sociale

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. Contents
  3. Tables
  4. Illustrations
  5. Graphs
  6. Plates
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Foreword
  9. Contributors
  10. Sources and Conventions
  11. Introduction
  12. 1 Infected by the Bacillus of Science:The Explosion of South Kensington
  13. 2 The First Years: The Science Museumat War and Peace
  14. 3 The Science Museum andthe Second World War
  15. 4 Ambition and Anxiety: The ScienceMuseum, 1950–1983
  16. 5 Parallax Error? AParticipant’sAccount of the Science Museum,c.1980–c.2000
  17. 6 Waves of Change: How the ScienceMuseum’s Library Rose, Fell andRose Again
  18. 7 ‘AWorthy and Suitable House’: TheScience Museum Buildings andthe Temporality of Space
  19. 8 Exhibiting Science: ChangingConceptions of Science Museum Display
  20. 9 Beyond the Children’s Gallery:The Influence of Children on theDevelopment of the Science Museum
  21. 10 ‘An Effective Organ of PublicEnlightenment’: The Role of TemporaryExhibitions in the Science Museum
  22. 11 Collecting for the Science Museum:Constructing the Collections, theCulture and the Institution
  23. 12 Behind the Scenes: Housingthe Collections
  24. 13 The International Context and theContext of Internationalism
  25. Afterword: A Speech made at theDinner to Celebrate the Centenary ofthe Science Museum on 11 June 2009by Professor Chris Rapley CBE,Director of the Science Museum
  26. Appendix 1: Temporary (Special)Exhibitions, 1912–1983
  27. Appendix 2: Table of Senior Staff at theScience Museum, 1893–2000
  28. Appendix 3: Visitor Figures for theScience Museum, 1909–2008
  29. Index