MARC Record from Library of Congress

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245 00 $aScience for the nation :$bperspectives on the history of the Science Museum /$cedited by Peter J.T. Morris.
260 $aBasingstoke [England] ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan ;$aLondon :$bScience Museum,$c2010.
300 $axxi, 350 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.), plans ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aInfected by the bacillus of science : the explosion of South Kensington / Robert Bud -- The first years : the Science Museum at war and peace / Tom Scheinfeldt -- The Science Museum and the Second World War / Thad Parsons III -- Ambition and anxiety : the Science Museum, 1950-1983 / Scott Anthony -- Parallax error? : a participant's account of the Science Museum, c.1980-c.2000 / Timothy Boon -- Waves of change : how the Science Museum's library rose, fell and rose again / Nicholas Wyatt -- 'A worthy and suitable house' : the Science Museum buildings and the temporality of space / David Rooney -- Exhibiting science : changing conceptions of Science Museum display / Andrew Nahum -- Beyond the Children's Gallery : the influence of children on the development of the Science Museum / Anna Bunney -- 'An effective organ of public enlightenment' : the role of temporary exhibitions in the Science Museum / Peter J.T. Morris -- Collecting for the Science Museum : constructing the collections, the culture and the institution / Robert Bud -- Behind the scenes : housing the collections / John Liffen -- The international context and the context of internationalism / Tom Scheinfeldt -- Afterword : a speech made at the dinner to celebrate the centenary of the Science Museum on 11 June 2009 by Professor Chris Rapley CBE, director of the Science Museum -- Appendix 1. Temporary (special) exhibitions, 1912-1983 / Peter J.T. Morris and Eduard von Fischer -- Appendix 2. Table of senior staff at the Science Museum, 1893-2000 -- Appendix 3. Visitor figures for the Science Museum, 1909-2008.
610 20 $aScience Museum (Great Britain)$xHistory.
650 0 $aScience and state$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory.
700 1 $aMorris, Peter John Turnbull.