Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum
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Blists Hill Open Air Museum
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Conduct Visitor Research
Cultural Lists
cultural policy analysis
curatorial practice
David Sainsbury
Dominant Cultural Interests
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Exhibition Road
Exhibition Team
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Food Exhibition
Food Team
George III
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museum curator
museum exhibition development process
museum exhibitions
Museum Staff
museum studies
National Dairy Council
Natural History Museum
Played Back
public culture
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Ruby's Mother
Ruby’s Mother
Sainsbury Gallery
science communication
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Supermarket Logic
UK Atomic Energy Authority
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- ISBN 9781859735718
- Weight: 410g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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, and what factors influence how museum exhibitions are produced and experienced? This book answers these searching questions by giving a privileged look behind the scenes at the Science Museum in London. By tracking the history of a particular exhibition, Macdonald takes the reader into the world of the museum curator and shows in vivid detail how exhibitions are created and how public culture is produced. She reveals why exhibitions do not always reflect their makers original intentions and why visitors take home particular interpretations. Beyond this local context, however, the book also provides broad and far-reaching insights into how national and global political shifts influence the creation of public knowledge through exhibitions.
Sharon Macdonald, Social Anthropology, University of Manchester
