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Interpreting Science at Museums and Historic Sites

Interpreting Science at Museums and Historic Sites

Hardcover

Series: Interpreting History

Business GeneralGeneral Science

ISBN10: 1538172747
ISBN13: 9781538172742
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Sep 11 2023
Pages: 266
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.63 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

Ask not what science can do for you, but what public history can do for science!
Interpreting Science in Museums and Historic Sites stresses the untapped potential of historical artifacts to inform our understanding of scientific topics. It argues that science gains ground when contextualized in museums and historic sites. Engaging audiences in conversations about hot topics such as health and medical sciences or climate change and responses to it, mediated by a history museum, can emphasize scientific rigor and the time lag between discovery and confirmation of societal benefit. Interpreting Science emphasizes the urgency of this work, provides a toolkit to start and sustain the work, shares case studies that model best practice, and resources useful to facilitate and sustain a science-infused public history.

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