Science for the nation: perspectives on the history of the Science Museum

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List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Foreword S.Schaffer Introduction P.Morris Infected by the Bacillus of Science: The Explosion of South Kensington R.Bud The First Years: The Science Museum at War and Peace T.Scheinfeldt The Science Museum and the Second World War T.Parsons III Ambition and Anxiety: The Science Museum, 1950s to 1983 S.Anthony Parallax Error? A Participant's Account of the Science Museum, c.1980-c.2000 T.Boon Waves of Change: How The Science Museum's Library Rose, Fell and Rose Again N.Wyatt 'A Worthy and Suitable House' Science Museum Buildings and the Temporality of Space D.Rooney Exhibiting Science: Changing Conceptions of Science Museum Display A.Nahum Beyond the Children's Gallery: The Influence of Children on the Development of the Science Museum A.Bunney 'An Effective Organ of Public Enlightenment': The Role of Temporary Exhibitions in the Science Museum P.Morris Collecting for the Science Museum: Constructing the Collections, the Culture and the Institution R.Bud Lifting the Stone: Housing the Collections J.Liffen The International Context and the Context of Internationalism T.Scheinfeldt Afterword: The Museum of the Future C.Rapley Appendix1: List of Temporary Exhibitions from 1912 to 1983 Appendix2: List of Senior Staff from 1893 to 2000 Appendix3: Visitor Figures for the Science Museum from 1909 to 2008

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