Science museums in transition : cultures of display in nineteenth-century Britain and America / edited by Carin Berkowitz and Bernard Lightman.

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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 e...

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Uniform Title:Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
Other Authors: Berkowitz, Carin (Editor)
Lightman, Bernard V., 1950- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]
Series:Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
Subjects:
Science museums > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Science museums > United States > History > 19th century.
Science museums > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Science museums > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Science > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Science > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Science museums.
Great Britain.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xi, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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