Title: SCIENCE REVEALED: THE HIDDEN STORY OF OBJECTS
Abstract:AbstractNational Museums Liverpool's Conservation Centre opened a new permanent exhibition in 2006 that shows how science unlocks the secrets of items in the museums' collections. The original concept...AbstractNational Museums Liverpool's Conservation Centre opened a new permanent exhibition in 2006 that shows how science unlocks the secrets of items in the museums' collections. The original concept for the display involved making connections between the visitor's own objects, and objects that end up in museums, and showing how science helps to understand more about these objects. The exhibition, entitled Reveal – the hidden story of objects, includes a working laboratory, which aims to make scientific analysis and examination accessible to a non-specialist audience. Facilities include digital X-radiography and both optical and scanning electron microscopy, linked to a large plasma screen so the visitor can view the work in progress. This paper describes how the original concepts were realized in the final exhibition, and, through visitor evaluation studies, discusses how successful the exhibition is in making the science of museum objects interesting and accessible.Read More
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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