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

Explores the transformation of scientific exhibitions and museums during the nineteenth century. Contributors focus on comparative case studies across Britain and America, examining the people, spaces, display practices, experiences, and politics that worked not only to define the museum, but to shape public science and scientific knowledge during this period.

About the author

Carin Berkowitz (Editor)
Carin Berkowitz is the director of the Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. She is the author of Charles Bell and the Anatomy of Reform and of a series of articles on anatomy, images, and objects published in Bulletin of the History of Medicine, BJHS, and History of Science. Berkowitz is an advisory editor for History of Science and Bulletin of the History of Medicine.

Bernard Lightman (Editor)
Bernard Lightman is distinguished research professor in the Humanities Department at York University and past president of the History of Science Society. He is the editor of Rethinking History and Science and Religion and coeditor of Science Periodicals in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Identity in a Secular Age. He also serves as a general editor for The Correspondence of John Tyndall and the Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century series at the University of Pittsburgh Press.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Carin Berkowitz (Editor), Bernard Lightman (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9780822944751
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4475-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: Science & Culture in the Nineteenth Century; Sci & Culture in the Nineteent; Sci & Culture in the Nineteent; Science & Culture in the Nineteenth Century; Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century; Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)