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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001385519707536

Autore

Macdonald, Sharon

Titolo

Behind the scenes at the Science Museum / Sharon MacDonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2002

ISBN

1859735665 (cloth)

1859735711 (paper)

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Collana

Materializing culture, 1460-3349

Disciplina

507.4/09421/34

Soggetti

Musei scientifici - Aspetti educativi - Inghilterra - Londra

Musei

Science museums - Educational aspects - England - London - Juvenile literature

Science - England - London - Exhibitions - Juvenile literature

Museums

Science Museum (Gran Bretagna) Letteratura giovanile

Science Museum (Great Britain)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Admission : going in -- Cultural revolution in South Kensington -- A new vision for the 21st century : rewriting the museum -- A hot potato for a new public: a flagship exhibition on food -- Reality sets in : managing and materialising dreams (and negotiating nightmares) -- Virtual consumers and supermarket science -- Opening and aftermath : ritual, reviews and reflection -- The active audience and the politics of appropriation -- Behind and beyond the scenes.