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Ferraro, José Luís Schifino, Adam Goldwater, Caroline McDonald, Melissa Guerra Simões Pires, Janet Stott, Jessica A. Suess, and M. Paul Smith. "Connecting Museums: a case study in leadership, innovation and education in university science museums leading internationalisation projects." Educação 42, no. 1 (May 6, 2019): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.15448/1981-2582.2019.1.29526.
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This article reports on Connecting Museums: leadership, innovation and education in Science Museums, an international conference involving three university museums: Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (MCT-PUCRS), the Great North Museum: Hancock (GNM), at Newcastle University (NU), and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH). The partnership started with a project to develop a joint exhibition on the theme of evolution organised by MCT-PUCRS and GNM, supported by the British Council’s Newton Fund (Institutional Skills 2016). The two museums shared the project at the UK University Museums Group (UMG) conference in 2016, where it came to the attention of colleagues at OUMNH. Following the UMG conference, the leadership and education teams of the three museums opened a dialogue to exchange knowledge and experience on leadership, innovation and education in science museums. This culminated in the first Connecting Museums conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil in October 2017. The conference was attended by 81 professionals, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students with interests in museology, the natural sciences and related areas. *** Connecting Museums: um estudo de caso sobre liderança, inovação e educação em museus de ciências universitários liderando projetos de internacionalização ***Este artigo constitui-se de um relato sobre o Connecting Museums: liderança, inovação e educação em Museus de Ciências, uma conferência internacional envolvendo três museus universitários: o Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (MCT-PUCRS), o Great North Museum: Hancock (GNM), da Newcastle University (NU) e o Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH). A parceria entre as instituições iniciou-se a partir de um projeto para o desenvolvimento de uma exposição conjunta, organizada pelo MCT-PUCRS e pelo GNM financiada pelo Newton Fund por meio do edital Institutional Skills 2016 promovido pelo British Council. Os dois museus apresentaram o projeto na conferência do University Museum Group (UMG) em 2016 no Reino Unido, despertando a atenção de colegas do OUMNH. Após a conferência, as equipes de gestão e de educação dos três museus iniciaram um diálogo que culminou na troca de conhecimentos e experiências nas áreas de liderança, inovação e educação em museus de ciências. Este diálogo resultou na primeira edição da conferência Connecting Museums em Porto Alegre, Brasil, em outubro de 2017. Participaram do evento 81 profissionais, entre pesquisadores e alunos de graduação e pós-graduação, cujo interesse estava relacionado à museologia, ciências naturais e áreas correlatas.Palavras-chave: Museus de ciência. Liderança. Inovação. Educação em ciências. Internacionalização.
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LIVEROVSKAYA, Tatyana, and Marina PIKULENKO. "SCIENCE AND SOCIETY INTERACTION IN NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUMS IN USA." LIFE OF THE EARTH 42, no. 4 (November 25, 2020): 451–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.29003/m1774.0514-7468.2020_42_4/451-464.
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Currently, modern museums activity has not only common trends but features connected with national, social and state development. Using the example of the two oldest museums in Texas and Colorado (Museum of Natural Sciences in Houston, Texas, Museum of Natural History of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado), the authors analyze the characteristic features of USA natural science museums formation as cultural and educational centers. The development of the American museum concept as a multifaceted processes of interaction integrator between scientific organizations with the widest segments of the population is also analyzed. The results of the museums work are summarized, features of their activity and emergence are emphasized. It allows Russian museum workers to adapt and apply the foreign experience under domestic conditions.
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Falk, John H., and Martin Storksdieck. "Learning science from museums." História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos 12, suppl (2005): 117–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-59702005000400007.
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This article provides an overview of current understandings of the science learning that occurs as a consequence of visiting a free-choice learning setting like a science museum. The best available evidence indicates that if you want to understand learning at the level of individuals within the real world, learning does functionally differ depending upon the conditions, i. e., the context, under which it occurs. Hence, learning in museums is different than learning in any other setting. The contextual model of learning provides a way to organize the myriad specifics and details that give richness and authenticity to the museum learning process while still allowing a holistic picture of visitor learning. The results of a recent research investigation are used to show how this model elucidates the complex nature of science learning from museums. This study demonstrates that learning from museums can be meaningfully analyzed and described. The article concludes by stating that only by appreciating and accounting for the full complexities of the museum experience will a useful understanding of how and what visitors learn from science museums emerge.
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Figueiró, Belisa. "Museus e ciência: revisão dos estudos históricos e das instituições na Espanha." Transições 1, no. 2 (December 14, 2020): 195–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.56344/2675-4398.v1n2a202010.
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Este artigo propõe uma análise dos estudos históricos de pesquisadores espanhóis sobre a criação dos museus científicos na Espanha. Como método, aplica a revisão bibliográfica dos trabalhos publicados pela revista Arbor, os quais examinam o papel da ciência e da tecnologia não apenas no propósito de instauração das próprias instituições, mas também na restauração de obras e peças museológicas, com especial atenção ao Museu de Ciência e Tecnologia de Madri e ao Instituto San Isidro. Da mesma forma, este texto aborda a interação entre o público e os museus espanhóis, reconhecendo a perspectiva da museologia crítica como uma possibilidade de aproximação entre as escolas, os visitantes e os museus.
Abstract: This article analyzes the historical studies of Spanish researchers on the creation of science museums in Spain. As a method, it applies the bibliographic review of the works published by Arbor scientific journal, which examine the role of science and technology not only in the purpose of establishing this kind of institutions, but also in the restoration of works and museum pieces, with special attention on the National Museum of Science and Technology (Madrid) and San Isidro Institute. Likewise, this text talks about the interaction between the museums and its audience, recognizing the critical museology perspective as a possibility of bringing schools, visitors and museums together.
Keywords: Science museums. Critical museology. Spain. Restoration. History.
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Ilyina, Irina Ye, Irina N. Vasilieva, Tatiana P. Rebrova, and Dmitry S. Pokrovsky. "Adaptation of International Experience of Creation of Science Popularization Centers to Russian Realities." REGIONOLOGY 30, no. 3 (September 30, 2022): 673–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.15507/2413-1407.120.030.202203.673-697.
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Introduction. In 2021, within the framework of the Year of Science and Technology announced in Russia, the work related to the popularization of Russian science and technology plays an important role. Noticeable shifts in the field of science popularization require the selection of new forms and methods of knowledge dissemination. Interactive scientific museums and science popularization centers are called upon to play a significant role in this field. For now, a system of indicators has been developed, but it does not fully meet requirements that should be applied to the science popularization objects. The main purpose of the article is to analyze the functioning of science and technology museums, museums of natural sciences and science popularization centers in Russia and in foreign countries and, based on the study of approaches to the effectiveness of their activities, to develop approaches and tools for popularization of scientific knowledge in Russia through creation of science popularization centers and knowledge quarters. Materials and Methods. Based on the reviewed forms and methods for organization of museum functioning in China, the USA, France, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy and New Zealand the museum and science popularization center (SPC) activity analysis has been conducted to understand such indicators of their activities as funding, management documents in museum functioning, criteria and procedure for museum functioning assessment, etc. This has given us the possibility to discover common features and peculiarities of museum standards of these countries. Also, primary criteria and institutions for assessment of museums and science popularization centers in Russia have been determined. Through utilization of their activity assessment documents the outstanding centers and museums of Russia have been shown, the map of museums of natural sciences and science and technology museums of our country has been developed, the recommendations to increase their activity have been prepared. Based on the method of structural analysis and synthesis, the data have been studied and summarized, which allowed creating a model as a conceptual representation of the knowledge quarter functioning, predicting new approaches and tools for popularization of science in Russia. The identified approaches in the activities of Russian and foreign museums and popularization centers have been taken into account conceptually when forming proposals for improving popularization activities in Russia. Results. With the help of the conceptual construct used to characterize museums of natural sciences, science and technology museums and science popularization centers, the basic criteria for evaluating a science popularization center in Russia have been outlined; the specifics of foreign experience that can be useful in assessing the effectiveness of an SPC in Russia has been shown; the measures have been proposed to introduce knowledge quarters as an innovative approach to popularize science in the country. Discussion and Conclusion. The work of a science popularization center should be organized at each world-class scientific and educational center and at each world-class scientific center. When implementing the new strategic academic leadership program “Priority 2030”, it is recommended to take into account the need to integrate the activities of leading universities with the activities of an SPC. The creation of a partnership of organizations based on the conceptual novel approaches for functioning of knowledge quarters working in the field of science, education and business, which are geographically located in close proximity to each other, will contribute to ensuring the influx of talented young people into science and will allow the state and society to more effectively solve the tasks of implementing state policy in the field of science, technology and innovation in the future.
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Sabloff, J. A. "MUSEUMS: Whither the Museum?" Science 298, no. 5594 (October 25, 2002): 755–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1074068.
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Norberto Rocha, Jessica, and Martha Marandino. "Mobile science museums and centres and their history in the public communication of science." Journal of Science Communication 16, no. 03 (July 20, 2017): A04. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.16030204.
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In this paper, we identify some milestones in the construction process for mobile science museums and centres in Brazil. As background for presenting the Brazilian context, we initially address the records found on the earliest travelling museum exhibitions and mobile museums in Europe and North America. We then introduce the role of UNESCO in the promotion and implementation of travelling science exhibitions and museums in several countries. Finally, we document important events in the history of mobile science museum and centres in Brazil and outline three general and inter-related challenges currently faced by them.
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Liverovskaya, Tatyana, and Marina Pikulenko. "THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM." LIFE OF THE EARTH 43, no. 2 (June 8, 2021): 202–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.29003/m2026.0514-7468.2020_43_2/202-216.
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The article is dedicated to one of the largest museum centers of natural history in the world - the California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco, USA), which is, since its founding in 1853, both a research and scientific and educational organization. The California Academy of Sciences, in its current version, presents a prime example of the development of basic museum’s concepts in USA: guardianship, corporate museum, museum communication, achieving the goals of sustainable development of society, the involvement in science the population on the basis of the system “STEM-education” (Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics). The article analyzes the history and modern activities of the museum in terms of exhibition features, scientific and educational practice. Architectural, artistic and engineering solutions, features of internal infrastructure, themes, content and design of the exhibition complex reflect the stated national mission to "explore, explain and sustain"), in accordance with the implementation of the declared environmental concept of sustainable development (fighting global climate warming, the development of technologies of energy conservation, cleanliness and waste of production, etc.). On the basis of our own museum observations, analysis of literary data, we can conclude that museums as social institutions and interactive technologies used in the educational process are most suitable for the task of introducing the widest range of citizens to science and culture. The example of the California Academy of Sciences provides important guidelines for the development of museums in our country.
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Yoshimura, Yuji, Anne Krebs, and Carlo Ratti. "Network science for museums." PLOS ONE 19, no. 3 (March 29, 2024): e0300957. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300957.
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This paper introduces network science to museum studies. The spatial structure of the museum and the exhibit display largely determine what visitors see and in which order, thereby shaping their visit experience. Despite the importance of spatial properties in museum studies, few scientific tools have been developed to analyze and compare the results across museums. This paper introduces the six habitually used network science indices and assesses their applicability to museum studies. Network science is an empirical research field that focuses on analyzing the relationships between components in an attempt to understand how individual behaviors can be converted into collective behaviors. By taking the museum and the visitors as the network, this methodology could reveal unknown aspects of museum functions and visitor behavior, which could enhance exhibition knowledge and lead to better methods for creating museum narratives along the routes.
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Platonova, Maria. "The Museums of Science and Technology: From a Collection of Technical Innovations to Historico-Technical Collections." Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki 44, no. 1 (2023): 152. http://dx.doi.org/10.31857/s020596060024500-2.
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The emergence of the museums of science and technology is associated with many factors such as the Industrial Revolution, the interest in collecting, and society’s demand for education and training. As a rule, museums were created based on already assembled collections or by organizing major exhibitions in order to collect relevant objects. The article discusses the history and goals of establishing two largest science and technology museums in Europe, the Kensington Museum (Science Museum) in London and the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers in Paris, and the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow, whose creation was influenced by the aforementioned European museums. The article also analyzes the shifts in the composition of collections in these three museums, depending on their maturity, and shifts in the attitude towards “aging” items. Based on museum catalogs and other published sources, the development of museum collections is traced from the predominance of new technologies to the formation of historico-technical collections.
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Vinnik, Mikhail Anatolevich, Oleg Petrovich Ivanov, Anastasiia Aleksandrovna Kosnyreva, and Elena Mikhailovna Kirilishina. "The prospects of multimedia learning within science museums." Moscow University Pedagogical Education Bulletin, no. 2 (June 29, 2018): 89–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.51314/2073-2635-2018-2-89-99.
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The paper studies modern science museums peculiarities in general and in the Earth Science Museum at Moscow State University in particular. Some advantages of learning within expositions of scientific museums are highlighted. Prospects of multimedia learning in general and in museum issues in particular are outlined.
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Brown Jarreau, Paige, Nicole Smith Dahmen, and Ember Jones. "Instagram and the science museum: a missed opportunity for public engagement." Journal of Science Communication 18, no. 02 (April 8, 2019): A06. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.18020206.
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Science museums are missing an opportunity to promote informal education, scientific literacy, public engagement and public visibility of scientists outside of museum walls via Instagram. With an analysis of 1,073 Instagram posts, we show that museums are using Instagram as a promotional broadcasting tool, with a focus on end results of collections and curation work over communication of museum-led discovery and science as a process. We suggest that science museums create more Instagram posts that offer educational information and visibility of exhibit creation and museum researchers' work behind the scenes.
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Stefko, Mariya S. "FRENCH MUSEUMS AND SCIENCE: A NEW PHASE OF DISCUSSION." RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. "Literary Theory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies" Series, no. 7 (2022): 76–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-7-76-85.
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The author examines in the context of modern museum practice the materials of the colloquium “Museum and Science”, organized by the French National Committee of ICOM in 2021. The author notes the relevance of the topic which relates to the development of a new definition of the concept of “museum” and the influence that ICOM France has in the International Council of Museums. Many of the problems considered by French museum professionals and scientists characterize the state of the museum sphere in France but are also consonant with Russian museum practice. French museum specialists stress the need to bring the relations of museums, universities and laboratories to a qualitatively new level, the importance of strategic planning of scientific work in consideration of the potential of each of the parties. Museology, as a scientific field, has taken its rightful place in the system of knowledge about museums and is recognized by the academic and museum community as an integral part of it. Scientific research, in which museums, universities and laboratories participate, can become the basis for a higher level of graduate training and their development in museum. The authors note the connection of museum science with a high level of public confidence in the museum as a source of reliable knowledge open to society
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Derevska, K. I., V. A. Nesterovskyi, K. V. Rudenko, and H. А. Liventseva. "PROSPECTS FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN GEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS OF UKRAINE AND SPAIN." Geological Journal, no. 3 (September 25, 2023): 148–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.30836/igs.1025-6814.2023.3.282563.
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The publication actualizes issues related to the prospects for geological science development and ways of cooperation between Ukraine and Spain. As part of the bilateral cooperation between these countries, at the end of February 2023, a meeting of geologists was held in Barcelona at one of the leading research institutes in Spain. The main issues discussed were the popularization of geology and the geological museum’s development. The first part of the article contains an overview of the peculiarities of the tectonic structure, stratigraphy, rock complexes, and unique reference sections within Ukraine, which are of world scientific importance. The second part is devoted to the characteristics of the Ukrainian museums of Earth sciences, the problems of modern scientific research, the geological monuments preservation, and strengthening the role of geological museums in popularizing knowledge about the Earth. As a result, joint projects within the framework of international cooperation between Ukraine and Spain are proposed. Cooperation will occur at the level of individual Institutes of Earth Sciences and Natural History Museums, as they store primary geological information. For the accumulation of geological information, its preservation and presentation, it is necessary to unite museums into a single museum space and international museum organizations. To create a general complex multi-level museum database. In addition, cooperation can be manifested in joint expeditions in which factual material can be obtained for further analytical research; in the organization and conduct of joint research, conferences, and educational seminars; in publishing joint scientific works, etc. Such events will contribute to exchanging information/specimens and improving external communication for further developing the museum business, educational and scientific activities in the geological field.
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Hu, Wangming, Hyunsuk Han, Gulong Wang, Tao Peng, and Zhiqiang Yang. "Interactive Design and Implementation of a Digital Museum under the Background of AR and Blockchain Technology." Applied Sciences 13, no. 8 (April 8, 2023): 4714. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app13084714.
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A museum is the destination of the crystallization of history and culture, and a museum is the center for the development of heritage culture. The display and exhibition of historical relics can promote the harmonious development of society. However, there are many defects in traditional museums. The collection in the museum is scattered. The exhibition needs a specific time and place to open, and the exhibition mode is boring and lacks entertainment, which seriously limits the museum’s dissemination of history and culture. In order to improve the public’s number of visits, museums need to keep pace with the times. Using augmented reality technology can digitize the information in the museum and integrate it with the user’s real environment, which solves the limitation of time and space for most users to visit the museum, and greatly increases the entertainment of users to visit the museum. In addition, the application of blockchain technology in digital museums can effectively ensure the security of museum cultural relics data and quickly restore the lost cultural relics information. The digital museum can help tourists realize cross-region viewing. Through multimedia software and hardware, it can greatly stimulate tourists’ interest and attract tourists of different ages to visit. This article uses digital technology to present physical museums in a digital form on the network, but it is difficult for digital museums to conduct targeted analysis on tourists of different ages. This article will analyze the attraction ability of digital museums to tourists of different ages, thereby attracting tourists of different ages to visit. This paper compared traditional museums with digital museums based on augmented reality technology and blockchain technology. The experimental results showed that from the perspective of young people, the average interactivity of traditional museums and digital museums was 47.20% and 78.20%, respectively; from the perspective of the elderly, the average interactivity of traditional museums and digital museums was 59.04% and 70.36%, respectively. Therefore, the digital museum built by using augmented reality technology and blockchain technology can effectively improve the interaction with users. The digital museum can improve the interaction with tourists of different ages, attract a large number of tourists for virtual visits, and improve the cultural transmission and economic development of the digital museum.
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Cho, Sungsil. "Reproduction of Local Culture Exhibitions at Japanese Local Museums and Community Participation: Focusing on the Case of Urayasu City Museum." Academic Association of Global Cultural Contents 58 (February 29, 2024): 137–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.32611/jgcc.2024.2.58.137.
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This study aimed to examine the reproduction of local history and the participation patterns of residents in exhibitions at local Japanese museums. According to data from the Agency for Cultural Affairs under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, there are more than 5,700 museums in Japan. Japan's rapid growth after its defeat in World War II accelerated the establishment of museums that store local history and folklore materials. Around 1993, 452 local museums with history and folklore themes were built. This can be interpreted as a measure to respond to the standardization of existing centrally oriented museums due to the triggering of awareness of issues such as local population decline and regional crises. Unlike central or tourism-oriented museums, museums established in local areas tend to focus on residents living in the area. The local museum examined in this study also considers local ‘people’, who put the concept of ‘hometown’ at the forefront, as a significant element of museum operation, and their participation becomes the basis of the local museum's identity. As the leading case covered in this paper, the Urayasu City Local Museum promotes citizen participation by turning the results from various local participation programs, such as collaboration with local schools, student curator system, and regional competitions to transmit local cultural heritage, into exhibition contents. Japanese local museums provide many implications for today's Korean society, especially in the current era where there is talk of local extinction due to population decline, the direction in which the ‘region’ should move, and the social role that museums should take.
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Karachencev, Ivan S., and Nadezhda M. Dmitrienko. "THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE FORMATION OF THE MUSEUM SCIENCE OF IMPERIAL TOMSK UNIVERSITY." Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Kul'turologiya i iskusstvovedenie, no. 42 (2021): 257–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.17223/22220836/42/23.
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This article is dedicated to solving the actual scientific problem about the legislative foundations of museum construction. The materials of Imperial Tomsk University make it possible to examine the application of such important act documents as the University Charter of 1863 and the tsarist decree on the opening of the university in Tomsk in 1888. The authors analyze the content of the legislativ acts, find out the list of museums allowed by the authorities. The historical paradox in the museum history of Tomsk University is revealed. According to the University Charter of 1863, there were four faculties in Russian universities as a rule. They created rooms and museums of zoology, mineralogy, botany, anatomy, history and archaeology. These museums also were planned at Tomsk University during its foundation in 1878. Following the law, the head of the construction committee professor V.M. Florinskiy founded the Archaeological Museum at Tomsk University in 1882. However, the opening of Imperial Tomsk University took place in 1888 and only single medical faculty was opened. On the basis of provisional states, university museums of zoology, mineralogy, botany and anatomy were financed from the state treasury. The Archaeological Museum was out of state, and F.M. Florinskiy himself provided its work. He attracted donations in the form of money and museum collections, formed rich funds for archaeology, ethnography, and history. Without any outside support, he made and published a catalogue in three volumes of the Archaeological Museum. Therefore, he transformed the university’s museum into one of the most famous in Russia. Four other museums relied on state support as well as charity. They were equipped well and provided with money for scientific expeditions to collect museum subjects. Prominent researchers such as botanists S.I. Korzhinskiy and P.N. Krylov, geologist A.M. Zaitsev zoologist N.F. Kashchenko and anatomist N.M. Maliev worked in the university museums. The government's decision to allow females to work in the museums played an important part in the personnel provision of the university museums. In 1916, two graduates of the Siberian Higher Women's Courses, T. Tripolitova and E. Kiselyova, were admitted to the botanical and zoological museums of Imperial Tomsk University. At the end of the article, the authors admit that the legislative regulation of museum science at Imperial Tomsk University in the late 19th and early 20th century had some shortcomings. But complete rejection of laws issued before 1917 had an adverse effect on Tomsk University’ museums of Soviet era.
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Armstrong, Eleanor Sophie. "Towards Queer Tours in Science and Technology Museums." Museum and Society 20, no. 2 (November 1, 2022): 205–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.29311/mas.v20i2.3941.
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This paper argues that the Queering the Science Museum tour series (2018) provides an example of a conceptual pathway for translating queer tour guiding approaches found in socio-historical and arts museums into STEMM spaces. I use participatory methods and qualitative and quantitative participant data to reflect on my work on the tours in the context of wider practices of tour-guided interventions. I highlight how the Queering the Science Museum tours, at the Science Museum, London, moved beyond existing models of queer engagement in socio-historic and arts museums by introducing an explicitly critically queer approach to science and technology, which has the potential to expand the possibility of queer interventions in museums generally. I close by examining the limitations of tour-as-intervention for change within the museum, while exposing the tensions around how resolving such issues would challenge queer theory’s call for rejecting the making of queer ‘normal’ within displays.
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Jabbarova, Fargana. "Music-themed museums serve as institutions that preserve musical instruments." InterConf, no. 43(193) (March 20, 2024): 192–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.51582/interconf.19-20.03.2024.021.
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The article discusses music museums that collect, preserve, study, and display materials related to the development of music culture. It notes that the main foundation of each music museum's collection is a collection of musical instruments. The article also highlights the active involvement of scientific-research and public centers in the dissemination of music culture experience of music-profile museums and the implementation of music communication. There is information about museums as the Russian National Music Museum, located in Russia's capital city, Moscow, which has one of the oldest and richest collections of museums; music museum situated in the music city (Cité de la Musique) of Paris, France; National Music Museum in Lisbon, Portugal, which boasts a rich collection of academic and folk musical instruments from Portugal and other countries around the world; The Music Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, established through the personal initiative of businessman Robert Ulrich; the Musical Instruments Museum near the Royal College of Music in London houses a collection of over 800 musical instruments and accessories from Europe, Asia, and Africa, dating back to the 15th century; in Yakutsk, Russia, Museum and Center of The Khomus of The People of The World, founded in 1990, preserves around 10,000 museum items. Finally, the Hamamatsu Musical Instruments Museum, established in 1995, stands out as Japan's first and perhaps only museum dedicated solely to musical instruments.
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NAIR, SAVITHRI PREETHA. "Science and the politics of colonial collecting: the case of Indian meteorites, 1856–70." British Journal for the History of Science 39, no. 1 (February 23, 2006): 97–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007087405007624.
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The case of Indian meteorite collections shows how, during the production of science, knowledge-making institutions such as museums were sometimes strongly linked with coercive institutions such as the police. If geological collecting in India in the Company period was mainly geared towards satisfying the demands of metropolitan science, the period after the 1850s saw a dramatic shift in the nature of collecting and the practice of colonial science, with the emergence of public museums in India. These colonial museums, represented by the Indian Museum, Calcutta, began to compete with the British Museum for the possession of locally formed collections in an effort to form an exemplary ‘Indian’ scientific collection. This resulted in conflicts which changed the very nature of colonial science. This paper shows how the 1860s marked a break with the past. A new breed of colonial scientist arrived, prepared successfully to challenge the status of the British Museum as the ‘centre of all sciences’ and to defend scientific institutions in the land of their practice, the colony. Rather than being driven by a feeling of scientific dependence or independence, or even the patriotic aspiration to build a national collection in London, it was scientific internationalism backed by the strength of local knowledge that now determined their practice.
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Popvasev, K. "Development of the database of the collections of the Geological museum named after A. A. Chernov." Vestnik of geosciences, no. 5 (June 30, 2023): 25–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.19110/geov.2023.5.3.
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In modern museums, information and analytical systems complete many tasks related to museum activities. The application of generally accepted software systems, developed for subordinate museums of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, is limited in natural science museums. Often, natural science museums develop their own databases and information systems.
This article describes the development of a database of collections of the Geological Museum named after A. A. Chernov. We present main results of study — the design of a datalogical model.
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Ray, Joyce. "Digital curation in museums." Library Hi Tech 35, no. 1 (March 20, 2017): 32–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lht-12-2016-0154.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a perspective on the development of digital curation education and practice in museums in the USA. Design/methodology/approach Methods used include: a historical overview of the development of digital curation, originally as a field of practice – primarily in the sciences – and then as a field of study; a case study of the adaptation of a digital curation curriculum (DigCCurr) framework developed in schools of library and information science (LIS) to a museum studies program; and a discussion of trends in digital curation practices in museums. Findings The case study (the digital curation certificate program of Johns Hopkins University’s museum studies program) describes a successful adaptation of the LIS DigCCurr framework in a museum studies program. Practical implications Findings could help to advance the museum field through the integration of digital curation education, practice and research. Social implications By adopting and supporting digital curation practices, education and research, museums can reach and engage more online users seeking information about museum collections. More online users may also become onsite visitors. Originality/value There is little existing literature on digital curation education in museum studies programs.
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de Rosset, Tomasz F. "MIECZYSŁAW TRETER, CONTEMPORARY MUSEUMS." Muzealnictwo 60 (July 9, 2019): 103–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.2802.
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In 2019, the National Institute for Museums and Public Collections in cooperation with the Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy published the 1917 book by Mieczysław Treter titled Contemporary Museums as the first volume in the Monuments of Polish Museology Series. The study consists of two parts originally released in ‘Muzeum Polskie’ published by Treter in Kiev; it was an ephemeral periodical associated with the Society for the Protection of Monuments of the Past, active predominantly in the Kingdom of Poland, but also boasting numerous branches in Polish communities throughout Russia. The Author opens the first part of a theoretical format with a synthesized presentation of the genesis of the museum institution (also on the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth), to later follow to its analysis in view of its collecting and displaying character, classification according to the typical factual areas it covers, chronology, and territory (general natural history museums, general history ones, technological ones, ethnographic ones, historical-social ones, historical-artistic ones); moreover, he tackles questions like a museum exhibition, management, a museum building. In Treter’s view the museum’s mission is not to provide simple entertainment, neither is it to create autonomous beauty (realm of art), but it is of a strictly scientific character, meant to serve science and its promotion, though through this museums become elitist: by serving mainly science, they cannot provide entertainment and excitement to every amateur, neither are they, as such, works of art to which purely aesthetical criteria could be applied. The second part of Treter’s study is an extensive outline of the situation of Polish museums on the eve of WWI, in a way overshadowed by the first congress of Polish museologists, and in the perspective of the ‘museum world’ of the Second Polish Republic. It is an outline for the monograph on Polish museums, a kind of a report on their condition as in 1914 with some references to later years. Through this it becomes as if a closure of the first period of their history, which the Author, when involved in writing his study, could obviously only instinctively anticipate.
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Lyudmila, Popova, Pikulenko Marina, and Taranets Irina. "PARTICIPATION OF NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL HISTOTY ACTIVITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOL." LIFE OF THE EARTH 46, no. 2 (May 29, 2024): 219–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.29003/m4160.0514-7468.2023_46_2/219-224.
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The article discusses various forms of local history activities to be implemented in the interaction of natural science museums and secondary schools. The practical experience of employees of the Earth Science Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University in the field of local history is described, namely: conducting a professional development program (Summer School), thematic classes with students, and consultations on the creation of educational expositions in school museums. A thematic plan of the section “Nature of the Native land” in a school museum is given. The prerequisites for successful cooperation between natural science museums and secondary schools in the joint implementation of local history activities are substantiated
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Karamanov, Oleksiy, and Olha Zheleznyk. "Technology of the organization of volunteer activities in the space of the museum." Pedagogika. Studia i Rozprawy 31 (2022): 129–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.16926/p.2022.31.10.
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The authors of the article consider various aspects of the organization of volunteer work in the space of the museum - in the context of social concepts, ways of influencing and preserving cultural heritage. The respective roles of volunteers are defined - as "agents of influence" of museums, effective communicators, implementers of the museum's mission, co-authors of current museum programs and projects. Various volunteer practices in museums are analyzed, which confirm the technological nature of volunteering in the appropriate contextual conditions. The authors come to the conclusion that volunteers contribute to the active development of the museum space by means of museum pedagogy, contribute to the development of a strategic course for the museum, focused on the prospect of sustainable development.
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Cárdenas, Blanca. "New possibilities for science museums: Museological Reflections Group, 1st edition." Journal of Science Communication 16, no. 01 (March 9, 2017): R02. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.16010602.
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This paper briefly describes a new academic discussion project first presented on November 29th, 2016, at the "Universum Sciences Museum" in Mexico City. Interdisciplinary professionals comprise the Museological Reflections Group (MRG), whose aim is to think and explore new possibilities for science museums. The group's first edition, offered the theme "The Sciences behind Showcases: Anthropological and Archaeological Processes".
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Kirik, Ye E., and V. N. Aliyassova. "Using the potential of natural science collections of museums in pedagogical activity." BULLETIN of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. PEDAGOGY. PSYCHOLOGY. SOCIOLOGY Series 143, no. 2 (2023): 186–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.32523/2616-6895-2023-143-2-186-194.
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The purpose of this article is to identify key factors influencing the learning potential using the natural science collections of museums, with a particular focus on the school audience. To understand the significance of natural science museum collections in pedagogical activity, the authors present an overview of research on non-formal scientific learning and the model of the “school – museum” relationship. The article examines the role of natural science collections in museums in relation to the cognitive, affective, and social aspects of learning. The role that natural science museum collections play in the professional development of teachers was also emphasized.
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Jovanovic-Kruspel, Stefanie. "‘Visual Histories’ Science Visualization in Nineteenth-Century Natural History Museums." Museum and Society 17, no. 3 (November 29, 2019): 404–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.29311/mas.v17i3.3234.
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This article attempts to shed light on the complex interdependencies between science, art and popular visual culture in the context of nineteenth-century natural history museums. Natural history museums are still underestimated agents for (artistic) scientific visualizations. Built as ‘visual narrators’ they became a form of mass media that conveyed scientific knowledge to diverse audiences. This article is a first attempt to bring order into the broad field of science visualization and to describe its significance for the popularization of the natural sciences. The visual outreach of museums such as the Natural History Museum Vienna went far beyond their circle of visitors. By creating and presenting first rank artistic imaginaries, they inspired highly circulated teaching devices such as school wall charts, textbooks or models, thus influencing our collective visual memory. These images subconsciously shaped the way we perceive the world as it is and as it could have been.
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Kasperiuniene, Judita, and Odeta Norkute. "COMMON FACETS OF MUSEUM VIRTUAL SELF-PRESENTATION: EXPERIMENTING WITH INTERACTIVE IMAGE AND TEXT." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 5 (May 25, 2018): 304–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2018vol1.3141.
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In the modern world, all the museums, especially science and technology centers, seek transforming from storages of valuable historical objects to the knowledge exchange and construction places. This study aims to research official sites and social media channels of twenty European science and technology museums in order to understand how the virtual museum self-presentation is done. Using thematic analysis five common facets of the science and technology museum official site were coded: i) site interoperability; ii) home page; iii) first ten news; iv) science and education activities; v) information “about us”. All the data were anonymized. The study showed two contradicted science and technology museum virtual self-presentation behavior styles: orientation “Museum as a storage” and orientation “Visitor as a creator”. Researching how science and technology museums experimented with interactive image and text in their official web pages, museum social media site follower responses and museum ratings in social media, we expanded The Museum Visitor Experience Model with insights how the virtual self-presentation could help attracting museum visitors.
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Yan, Guo, and Hong Xin. "Practical Research on Artificial Intelligence Algorithms, Paleontology, Data Mining, and Digital Restoration of Public Information." Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience 2022 (September 28, 2022): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3068686.
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This paper discusses the method of fossil digitization combining paleontology and art by using data mining. The aim of the study is to increase the creativity and vitality of museum exhibits and promote scientific exchange. The purpose of the study is to discuss how the interdisciplinary approach will benefit the communication of science and to realize the cooperative development of creative science popularization, art science popularization, dialogue science popularization, and communication science popularization through the cooperation between museums and institutions disseminating and researching science. The research method takes the Jehol Biota in western Liaoning Province of China as an example to explore the methods and approaches to transform museum resources into creative products. Through artificial intelligence data mining and digital reconstruction, data can be used for archaeological research but also for scientific popularization and scientific dissemination of the resources of art transformation. Research results: as the cornerstone to consolidate the digital development of society and economy, “the new infrastructure of artificial intelligence” will start a comprehensive digital transformation. Through the integration of multiple fields and disciplines, museums will change from resource dependence to focus more on market creation, which will promote museum’s industry development.
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Urmeneta, Jordi, and Alícia Duró. "Explaining Life: Microorganisms in Science Museums." American Biology Teacher 73, no. 5 (May 1, 2011): 265–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/abt.2011.73.5.4.
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Microorganisms were first described by van Leeuwenhoek in the 17th century. Later, Pasteur and Koch related them to diseases. Since then, the scientific community has striven to extend awareness of the many functions of microorganisms. Science museums provide an excellent setting in which to disseminate such knowledge, but the presentation of living microorganisms is a challenge. We describe an approach to the exhibition of living microorganisms pursued in a science museum in Barcelona (CosmoCaixa Barcelona). In two exhibits, the museum shows photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and Winogradsky columns, which provide an example of living microbial ecosystems.
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Yermagambetova, K. S. "Museums in the cultural and educational space of the Eurasian National University." BULLETIN of L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. HISTORICAL SCIENCES. PHILOSOPHY. RELIGION Series 135, no. 2 (2021): 111–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.32523/2616-7255-2021-135-2-111-122.
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Why do we need a museum? What role does the museum play in the system of education and upbringing? Why do you need a museum in the university space? How useful is it in the education system? « Such questions are often found in society. To answer these questions, a cultural-philosophical and anthropological analysis of the history and function of museums in the cultural and educational space of the university is made on the example of the L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. The article examines the history and functions of the university museums in the cultural and educational space, the role of museums in the education and training of young people. University museums belong to the type of specialized educational museums of various types. They are formed as research units and become the basis for scientific research. They store rich information about the university and its achievements. The museums of the Eurasian National University are competitive museums in the field of development of education, culture, science, creativity, and preservation of historical and cultural heritage. The article describes the features of the museums of the Eurasian National University, such as» The History of Turkic writing»,» The Museum-cabinet of L. N. Gumilyov «and «The History of Education of Kazakhstan». The formation of these museums is related to the strategic development, mission and vision of the university, and the strategic development of the country. University museums are one of the areas of implementation of the projects of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev «A look into the future: spiritual modernization», «Seven facets of the Great Steppe» and «Sacred Geography of Kazakhstan». The museum is also one of the main institutions that stores the cultural code. Therefore, the role of university museums in the development of education, culture and science is very important.
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Burke, Verity, and Will Tattersdill. "Introduction: Museums in Science Fiction, Science Fiction in Museums." Configurations 30, no. 3 (June 2022): 247–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/con.2022.0016.
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Wood, W. Warner. "Only the Voice of the Other: Science, Power, and Diversity’s Revolt in the Museum—A Manifesto of Sorts." Museum Anthropology Review 8, no. 1 (July 15, 2014): 45–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/mar.v8i1.3255.
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While the importance of including diverse perspectives in museum programming has received considerable attention in the cultural realm, the same cannot be said for environmental science topics. In science and natural history museums, exhibitions on issues such as global climate change and loss of biodiversity are frequently narrowly defined in relation to an equally narrow perception of what constitutes environmental science. Because the facts of science in museums are still largely told by science curators, the voices of non-scientists are largely absent on such issues. As museum professionals, we must work to ensure that a diversity of perspectives is represented on environmental issues in our museums and on the capacity of our publics to participate in the presentation of environmental topics. We must support the public’s collective “power-to” (as John Holloway has termed it) have a voice in environmental programming.
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Kirik, E., V. Aliyasova, and T. Graf. "The author's program "Natural Science Museum in the Life of a Modern School" as a way of realizing the culture-creating and pedagogical potential of natural science museums." BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES OF KAZAKHSTAN 4 (December 2021): 62–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.52301/1684-940x-2021-4-62-69.
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This article deals with the implementation by teachers of secondary schools of the culture-creating and pedagogical potential of natural science museums with the help of the author's program. At the moment, there is a situation where society needs a holistic and informative potential of the museum. Modern education in the educational process is increasingly based on a number of museum disciplines. The museum, being a socio-cultural institution, directly influences the solution of crisis situations of civilization in the XXI century. It should be noted that the pedagogical position put forward by the authors on the potential of natural science museums, reflected in this article, is relevant not only for our country, but also for the whole world affected by globalization. The authors of the article, based on the findings of the study, compiled an author's program for teachers of secondary schools, in which they tried to reveal the main points on the implementation of the culture-creating and pedagogical potential of natural science museums.
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Dubois, Arnaud. "How to understand engineering sciences with the techniques of the body: The case of the bridges collection of the Musée des Arts et Métiers explained by circus acrobatics." Social Science Information 56, no. 2 (April 13, 2017): 254–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0539018417697387.
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In this article, I will examine an experimental mediation performed by acrobats at the Paris Musée des Arts et Métiers in May 2016. I will ask if body techniques can facilitate the public’s understanding of the abstract engineering sciences exhibited in a science and technology museum. Using the ethnographic study of this performance, I will ask if this new type of museum mediation opens up new research issues about technical gestures and helps us to blur boundaries between tangible and intangible heritage in the museum context. In doing so I try to redeploy the methods of analysis of museum collections and to contribute to the theoretical and methodological renewal of the history of technology. I show that this new way to mediate science and technology museum collections using body techniques and gestures produces a methodological indistinctness between intentionality and contingency that often marks the epistemological break between art, technology and science in western culture. This anthropological way of looking at museums of science and technology opens up new research issues not only for the museum’s scientific and technical heritage but also for the history of science and techniques.
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Barkaszi, Zoltán, Oleksandr Kovalchuk, and Anastasiia Maliuk. "Interpretation of evolution as part of science popularization in natural history museums." GEO&BIO 2021, no. 21 (December 30, 2021): 13–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/gb2104.
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The paper presents a brief review of the scientific and educational role of natural history museums, particular-ly in the field of interpretation of organic evolution. The scientific and social value of collections that are stored at natural history museums are highlighted. The history of interpretation and popularization of basic ideas of the theory of evolution are considered, as well as the perception of evolution by the society and vari-ous categories of museum visitors. Analysed are the main tools of interpretation available in natural history museums as well as basic principles of display of palaeontological specimens, particularly in dioramas as pe-culiar museum tools for interpretation. The main approaches to the interpretation of evolution are considered in the context of selection of interpretation methods and tools and in regard to the specifics of various groups of museum visitors. Minimum professional skills of interpreters who take part in exhibiting and educational ac-tivities of natural history museums are discussed. The possibilities of interpretation of evolution are shown on the example of the palaeontological exhibition of the National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine). A brief description of the palaeontological display is given, particularly on the general principles of its structure and on examples of exhibited specimens that demonstrate the evolution of various groups of vertebrates (e.g. fishes and mammals). Dioramas of the palaeontological exhibition are presented, which are especially valuable visual tools of interpretation of evolution in the muse-um. The main issues of further existence and development of natural history museums are discussed in the context of their role as powerful research and educational centres, maintaining a high level of attendance by visitors, and involvement of the public in the activities of these museums in times of high competition of lei-sure offers by various entertaining facilities. The need for the modernization of earlier exhibitions using mod-ern interactive tools and visualization techniques in underlined in order to increase public interest and expand the pool of visitors.
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Crespi, Marco. "Museums and museums: the picture of scientific museums." Journal of Science Communication 02, no. 02 (June 21, 2003): A02. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.02020202.
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In the field of scientific communication in Europe, science centres have gained increasing importance over the last ten years. Italy, beyond the City of Science in Naples, is also planning the set up of more science centres throughout the country. Their hands-on style makes them something between a museum and a fun fair and, beyond the issue of merit, no doubt the success of many science centres also depends on the fun offered. It is important then to be able to assess to what extent people can actually make use of the proposed themes. This report tries to point out the dialogue opportunities between science museums and people1. A questionnaire has been submitted to two scientific secondary schools in Trent and Busto Arsizio (Varese) as a pilot study in this research. A research of this kind should not limit itself to museums, because public opinion on scientific subjects is also influenced by more popular and widespread media such as newspapers and television. Together with people, museums should therefore also be able to make good use of these media and offer opportunities for investigating and going into detail about given topics that the other media deal with without leaving enough time for thinking them over.
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SubbaRao, Mark U. "Effectively Coordinating Museums and Planetariums Worldwide." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 14, A30 (August 2018): 536–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921319005301.
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AbstractInformal science educators at museums and planetariums face the challenging task of engaging a diverse public audience in contemporary science. To do this they need a solid background in the science itself, educational pedagogy, and modern practices in science communication. The task has gotten even more challenging in the era of big data. Interpreting and visualizing these datasets in planetarium shows and museum exhibits requires specialized technical skills. Furthermore, the increasing pace of discovery means that informal science educators have less time to accomplish these tasks. This presentation will summarize a variety of museum and planetarium community efforts to address these challenges through worldwide collaboration and coordination among museums and planetariums. Solutions include content sharing and distribution mechanisms as well as networking museums and planetariums together to create global worldwide events.
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Zolotov, Gennady B. "Problems in determining substantive law norms to protect museum objects and collections as intellectual property." Current Issues of the State and Law, no. 3 (2023): 386–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.20310/2587-9340-2023-7-3-386-394.
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The importance of the research is conditioned by the ongoing commercialization and expansion of masterpiece and museum objects use limits, as well as museum collections in the context of ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of museums as corresponding intellectual property objects’ right holders. This predetermined the study of museums’ participation peculiarities in civil legal relations taking into account the legal regime of museum objects and museum collections as the purpose of this research. The tasks include the establishment of the museum’s civil legal status as a relevant legal relations subject, civil turnover characterization of museum objects and museum collections and their legal regulation sources, current legislation norms’ application practice analysis on the use of museum objects. The theoretical basis of the research is provided by civilization science representatives’ works of recent years, the subject of which affects public relations connected with the museum objects and museum collections protection as intellectual property objects. The normative basis is formed by the legislation provisions on culture, museum legislation, legislation on intellectual property. The empirical basis is the materials of court cases on disputes on the museum objects use and collections for commercial purposes.
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Sudarikova, Elena. "FORMS OF NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUMS AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTES COLLABORATION (BY THE CASE OF THE EXHIBITION "TRAUMAS OF THE PAST")." LIFE OF THE EARTH 43, no. 2 (June 8, 2021): 217–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.29003/m2027.0514-7468.2020_43_2/217-223.
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The article examines the potential of natural science museums in the popularization of science and scientific activity, the opportunity of a museum and a scientific institute joint work to satisfy the request of visitors that cannot be realized only through the museum collection. The variety of formats for joint activities of the museum and the scientific research institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in educational and educational activities are also considered here. Special attention is paid to the successful experience of exhibiting items from the funds of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the State Darwin Museum and high attention level and involvement of visitors in such projects.
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Vieregg, Hildegard K. "Aspects Related to the Implementation of Ethical Principles in Museums." Muzeum Muzejní a vlastivedná práce 54, no. 1 (2016): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mmvp-2017-0002.
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Significant changes in museum studies - up to the commercialization - show that the basic remits of amuseum should be permanently reflected and modified in accordance with the ICOM Code of Ethics. Museum Ethics was discussed in the USA already in the 1920s. The latest results of the “Ethics Working Group” for museums of natural science at the International Council of Museums (ICOM NATHIST) showed the necessity to create general binding principles for museums of any typology. One of the most important aims of museums worldwide is to getthe cultural und natural heritage over to people of all groups of our society. “Art and Commerce” as well as ethically positive examples of museum conceptions will be explained on examples.
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Rudnickaitė, Eugenija. "GEOLOGICAL „MUSEUM“ OF SCHOOL SURROUNDINGS: TO HELP TEACHERS." GAMTAMOKSLINIS UGDYMAS / NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION 9, no. 2 (September 1, 2012): 36–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.48127/gu-nse/12.9.36a.
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Year 2012 in Lithuania is announced as the Year of Museums, nevertheless the num-ber of museums and educational programs dedicated to Natural Sciences did not increase. Geosciences are very significant part of the whole complex of Natural Sciences. How-ever, geological disciplines are not included in Education Programm of Secondary Schools, therefore Museums of Geology became very important. Lithuania can not brag about a big number of geological museums, and most of them are not close enough for a class trip. Such luxury is only available mainly for schools in Vilni-us. Although, during recent years more and more geological knowledge is available at regional parks new information centers (Gražutės, Sartų, Nemuno kilpų, Ventos, etc.). It is convenient to nearby schools. But what about the rest? The idea of this article is to show, that a geological „museum“ can be found in schools surrounding environment: school yard, close by river slope, dug out quarry, by a water spring or a hill. Specific examples are presented how an unregistered user, visiting Lithuanian Geologi-cal Survey internet site (www.lgt.lt), can find enough information about his schools’ surround-ings geological structure (on the surface and underground), protected geological object (ge-otops), interesting outcrops, probable pollution sources, mineral resources, etc. Key words: museum of geology, Vilnius University, nonformal natural science educa-tion, geology, education, museum, teacher.
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Ma, Scott. "A lesson in port citizenship." História da Historiografia: International Journal of Theory and History of Historiography 16, no. 41 (December 26, 2023): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.15848/hh.v16i41.2091.
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This article applies the framework of François Hartog’s regime of historicity to a comparative and historical study of three successive maritime museums in postwar Yokohama, Japan. Each museum was operated by the city to educate its citizens about Yokohama’s maritime identity, though through different affectively-laced temporal organizations that reflected evolving conceptions of municipal identity. The article distinguishes between “scientific universalism” in the Marine Science Museum (1961-1988), “romantic futurism” at the Maritime Museum (1989-2009), and “nostalgic presentism” at the Port Museum (2009-). As evidence of each historical regime, the article uses the form and content of exhibits, architectural changes to the museum building, and fieldwork when possible. Over the course of time, the spirit of the museum shifted from the natural sciences to romanticism and, lastly, nostalgia. These museums show how temporality-infused historiography has implications for the politics of identity.
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Vorontsova, Evgeniya A. "Encyclopedia “Literary Museums of Russia”: From Conception to Completion." Bibliography and Bibliology, no. 3 (July 23, 2024): 69–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/2411-2305-2024-3-69-77.
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The article is devoted to the project of the V.I. Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature, the encyclopedia “Literary Museums of Russia”, implemented in 2014— 2024. The characteristics of the organization of work, conceptual installations, approbation of the concept and vocabulary are given. It is emphasized that the encyclopedia contains the general collection of literary museums, there is an index of museums. The main blocks of articles are named (including papers on library-museums and literary museums in libraries, on the territorial distribution and functioning of literary museums, on the basic concepts of the science of museum — museology, biographical articles). It is stated that the array of high-quality information collected in the encyclopedia has made it possible to significantly advance the study of the history and structure of this specialized group of museums, to transfer literary museums to a qualitatively different level of communication with each other, with scientific and socio-cultural institutions and specific scientists and cultural figures.
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Glazyrina, Yulia, and Sergey Buzmakov. "ANALYSIS OF GEOTOURISM DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES BASED ON THE GEOHERITAGE REPRESENTATION IN NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUMS." LIFE OF THE EARTH 45, no. 2 (June 14, 2023): 233–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.29003/m3451.0514-7468.2023_45_2/233-245.
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The article analyzes geotourism perspectives based on natural history museums. Significant trends for the integrated development of geotourism and natural history museums are formulated. These trends allow revealing prospective views on the tourist potential of the territory. In order to clarify the geotourism development potential at the place of the Earth’s geochronological key stages, several museums were analyzed in conjunction with the geotoponyms of geological systems in the world. A geoheritage interpretation model, correlating ex situ museums and in situ objects, is developed. It includes territorial aspects and substantive formats of interpretation, depending on the target audience and the format of interaction with geoheritage. Geoheritage evaluation includes three groups of criteria (scientific, educational and geotourism), each being estimated to summarize approaches for the museum representation. The criteria are ranged according to the comparison purpose of in situ and ex situ forms. The variety of geoheritage interpretation forms allows suggesting recommendations for geotourism development. One symbolically significant way is the museumification of in situ and ex situ objects to correlate the museum network and the network of protected areas as a complex tourist infrastructure. For the Perm Region as a historically significant place of the Permian geological system discovery, the priority is to develop a complex plan to integrate the possibilities of geoheritage representation through museum forms and in the natural environment. In view of the objective scientific data, the Perm Region has no GSSP of the Permian system; therefore the role of the “symbolic stratotype” should have the Permian Period Museum as the basic object of the geotourism infrastructure and the starting point of tourist routes. The supportive role in the Permian geoheritage preservation and representation belongs to the network of municipal and university museums.
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Meyer, Gustavo Costa, and Guilherme Costa Meyer. "Educação Ambiental em Museus de Ciência: diálogos, práticas e concepções." Revista Brasileira de Educação Ambiental (RevBEA) 9, no. 1 (July 25, 2014): 70–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.34024/revbea.2014.v9.1822.
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O principal objetivo deste trabalho foi a problematização de quais aspectos possui a educação ambiental concebida e praticada em museus de ciência, tendo-se em vista a heterogeneidade de visões que cercam a questão ambiental, com as devidas posições político-ideológicas que sustentam tal entendimento. Para tal análise, utilizou-se, principalmente, de referenciais teóricos que tratam: da comunicação e divulgação científica em museus, da ecologia de saberes, da crise cognitiva e da necessidade do diálogo de saberes, e da concepção de educação ambiental crítica. Avaliou-se que a forma de educação ambiental que prevalece em alguns museus de ciência é fragmentada, reducionista e a-histórica, com abordagens pedagógicas ligadas, preponderantemente, a aspectos das ciências naturais.
Palavras-chave: Museus; Educação Ambiental; Educação Científica.
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The main objective of this study was questioning what aspects has the environmental education conceived and practiced in science museums, keeping in view the heterogeneity of views surrounding the environmental issue, with the necessary political and ideological positions that support this understanding. For this analysis, we used mainly of theoretical frameworks that treat: communication and dissemination scientific in museums, the ecology of knowledge, cognitive crisis and the need for dialogue of knowledge, and the development of critical environmental education. It was found that the form of environmental education that prevails in some science museums is fragmented, reductionist and a-historical, with pedagogical approaches related, mainly, to aspects of the natural sciences.
Key-words: Museums; Environmental Education; Scientific Education.
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Yureneva, Tamara Yu. "Private Museum in the Space of Culture: Issues of Definition and Statistics." Vestnik slavianskikh kul’tur [Bulletin of Slavic Cultures] 71 (2024): 22–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2024-71-22-33.
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Private museums play an important role in the modern cultural space of Russia; their activities make a significant contribution to the preservation and actualization of cultural heritage. The study of private museums as a special typological group that developed in the post-Soviet period has a number of terminological and statistical issues. In the context of the legal insecurity of the name “museum” and the lack of licensing of museum activities, many private organizations call themselves museums, but at the same time they do not meet the definition of a museum in the Russian legislation and the definition of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). Despite carrying out some functions of a museum and practicing some types of activities characteristic of museums, they are not museums, but museum-type institutions — creative workshops, recreational or play centers, shops, etc. There is no term “private museum” in the legislation, and the measurement uncertainty of this category of institutions remains in the statistics. An analysis of the statistical reports of a number of European countries shows that the category of “private museum” in different countries has different content. In Russia, due to the peculiarities of conducting statistical monitoring of the museum sphere, private museums are not taken into account by means of state statistics. The problem of terminological uncertainty of a private museum also exists in museology: there is no single interpretation of this group of institutions, and its specific features and essential characteristics need further study and definition.
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Lindsay, Georgia, and Laura B. Cole. "MUSEUM STAFF KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS AS DRIVERS FOR GREEN BUILDING EDUCATION IN SCIENCE MUSEUMS." Journal of Green Building 18, no. 2 (March 1, 2023): 113–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.18.2.113.
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ABSTRACT Green building practices are on the rise, as is research into the drivers of green building adoption and the impacts of green building on occupants. Stakeholder knowledge, organizational culture, and cost have been shown to drive decisions about green building adoption, and occupant outcomes have been studied in terms of behavior and satisfaction. However, there is little consensus about how to communicate green building features to the public—that is, how the drivers for adoption can be communicated to potential building occupants. In science museums, sustainable architecture can support organizational values and initiatives surrounding environmental sustainability, but few studies identify how those values can best be communicated to museum visitors in a green building. To begin to address this question, this research engaged eight LEED-certified museums across the U.S. to examine how the museums leveraged their buildings to educate visitors about green building technologies. Site visit documentation revealed a disparity in interpretation strategies across the museums. Interviews with museum staff illuminated both challenges and opportunities for green building education, where staff decision-making was based on their own understanding of green technologies and perceptions of audience interest, age, and politics. This work highlights the importance of institutional actors in green building messaging, with implications for how public buildings such as museums could operate as sites for green building education.
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Lawan, Sadiq. "Challenges and Prospect of Museum Institutions in the 21st Century in Northern Nigeria." Journal of Social Sciences Advancement 3, no. 1 (March 17, 2022): 45–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.52223/jssa22-030105-31.
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The museum is one institution that accommodates every aspect of human activities and reminds people of their past to present. Most museum collections have been sustained by preserving and documenting natural and cultural heritage. Museum itself serve as an institution of learning, research has been conducted, and entertain different people with diverse cultural background without discrimination. Today, in Northern Nigeria, most people perceived museums as a place of fetish collections are stored rather than a multifunctional institution that deals with many sectors of life. Museums have the capacity to reflect both continuity and change, to preserve and protect cultural and natural heritage while illustrating the expression of the human imagination and the natural world through the exhibition. Museum in the 21st century has completely transformed due to the advancement of science and technology. But, Northern Nigeria is left behind in such technological development. The paper utilized the qualitative method to enable the researcher to explore the challenges and prospects of museum institutions in Northern Nigeria. This paper used primary and secondary methods of data collection. The paper's objective is to explore the significance and identify the role of science and technology in museums and the challenges and prospects. The paper finds that museums are an integral part of the human experience that transformed as time went on. Many museums have centralized collections and exhibition across the globe. But, museums in Northern Nigeria faces a considerable challenge, and the prospect of the institutions is at stake. The paper recommends that museums should explore other avenues to capture audience desire in line with global base practice.