from the UK Museums Association news (7/20)
Are science collections headed for extinction?
Geraldine Kendall, 20.07.2011
"The future of science collections is up for debate at the Museums Association conference in Brighton this October.
In a session chaired by Ian Blatchford, director of the National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI), a panel of experts will look at whether science and technology museums have lost sight of their collections.
The panel will argue that while art galleries and history museums have flourished with impressive new displays bringing collections to a wider audience, science museums have morphed into science centres aimed almost exclusively at children." ....
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