Festschrift: of mice and myths: challenges and opportunities of capturing contemporary science in museums

The Science Museum collects artifacts, not organisms. This rule has applied in the Museum ever since its foundation; but in 1989 the rule was apparently broken by our Department of Physical Sciences, which acquired two mice for its permanent collections.[1] The mice in question were freeze-dried...

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Main Author: Alison Boyle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Museum, London 2020-05-01
Series:Science Museum Group Journal
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Online Access:http://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/browse/issue-13/festschrift-of-mice-and-myths/