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