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Hardcover Science Museums in Transition: Cultures of Display in Nineteenth-Century Britain and America Book

ISBN: 0822944758

ISBN13: 9780822944751

Science Museums in Transition: Cultures of Display in Nineteenth-Century Britain and America

(Part of the Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Series)

The nineteenth century witnessed a dramatic shift in the display and dissemination of natural knowledge across Britain and America, from private collections of miscellaneous artifacts and objects to public exhibitions and state-sponsored museums. The science museum as we know it--an institution of expert knowledge built to inform a lay public--was still very much in formation during this dynamic period. Science Museums in Transition provides a nuanced,...

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