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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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Table of contents
- COVER
- Contents
- Tables
- Illustrations
- Graphs
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Contributors
- Sources and Conventions
- Introduction
- 1 Infected by the Bacillus of Science:The Explosion of South Kensington
- 2 The First Years: The Science Museumat War and Peace
- 3 The Science Museum andthe Second World War
- 4 Ambition and Anxiety: The ScienceMuseum, 1950â1983
- 5 Parallax Error? AParticipantâsAccount of the Science Museum,c.1980âc.2000
- 6 Waves of Change: How the ScienceMuseumâs Library Rose, Fell andRose Again
- 7 âAWorthy and Suitable Houseâ: TheScience Museum Buildings andthe Temporality of Space
- 8 Exhibiting Science: ChangingConceptions of Science Museum Display
- 9 Beyond the Childrenâs Gallery:The Influence of Children on theDevelopment of the Science Museum
- 10 âAn Effective Organ of PublicEnlightenmentâ: The Role of TemporaryExhibitions in the Science Museum
- 11 Collecting for the Science Museum:Constructing the Collections, theCulture and the Institution
- 12 Behind the Scenes: Housingthe Collections
- 13 The International Context and theContext of Internationalism
- 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
- Appendix 1: Temporary (Special)Exhibitions, 1912â1983
- Appendix 2: Table of Senior Staff at theScience Museum, 1893â2000
- Appendix 3: Visitor Figures for theScience Museum, 1909â2008
- Index