Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum.
Macdonald, Sharon.
Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2002. ©2002. - 1 online resource (308 pages) - Materializing Culture Series . - Materializing Culture Series .
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Thanks and Credits -- Taster -- 1 Admission: Going In -- 2 Cultural Revolution in South Kensington -- 3 A New Vision for the 21st Century: Rewriting the Museum -- 4 A 'Hot Potato' for a New Public: A 'Flagship' Exhibition on Food -- 5 'Reality Sets In': Managing and Materialising Dreams (and Negotiating Nightmares) -- 6 Virtual Consumers and Supermarket Science -- 7 Opening and Aftermath: Ritual, Reviews and Reflection -- 8 The Active Audience and the Politics of Appropriation -- 9 Behind and Beyond the Scenes -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
What goes on behind closed doors at museums? How are decisions about exhibitions made and who, or what, really makes them? Why are certain objects and styles of display chosen whilst others are rejected? This book answers these searching questions by giving a privileged look behind the scenes at the Science Museum in London.
9781000184150
Science Museum (Great Britain).
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Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2002. ©2002. - 1 online resource (308 pages) - Materializing Culture Series . - Materializing Culture Series .
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Thanks and Credits -- Taster -- 1 Admission: Going In -- 2 Cultural Revolution in South Kensington -- 3 A New Vision for the 21st Century: Rewriting the Museum -- 4 A 'Hot Potato' for a New Public: A 'Flagship' Exhibition on Food -- 5 'Reality Sets In': Managing and Materialising Dreams (and Negotiating Nightmares) -- 6 Virtual Consumers and Supermarket Science -- 7 Opening and Aftermath: Ritual, Reviews and Reflection -- 8 The Active Audience and the Politics of Appropriation -- 9 Behind and Beyond the Scenes -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
What goes on behind closed doors at museums? How are decisions about exhibitions made and who, or what, really makes them? Why are certain objects and styles of display chosen whilst others are rejected? This book answers these searching questions by giving a privileged look behind the scenes at the Science Museum in London.
9781000184150
Science Museum (Great Britain).
Fernzugriff