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Research and Public History Annual Report 2022–2023
The Science Museum Group supports a thriving programme of research which aims to promote new ways of understanding our collections, audiences and exhibitions. Each academic year a research report is published capturing that research year’s activity. This Research and Public History Annual Report covers the academic year 2022–2023. -
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Giovanni Canestrini’s models of Leonardo da Vinci’s friction experiments
Among the exhibits at the 2016 Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Science Museum, London, was one that purported to illustrate Leonardo’s experiments on friction. The models involved were the work of Giovanni Canestrini (1893–1975) who contributed to the 1939 and 1953 Leonardo exhibitions in Milan. This article discusses the...Hutchings, Ian
journal article, scientific models, exhibition, and history of science
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The Science Museum and the Leonardo da Vinci Quincentenary Exhibition of 1952
A large and successful exhibition to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Leonardo da Vinci was held at the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, in 1952. It was an important event for the public appreciation of Leonardo’s genius. The proposal for the exhibition had come from the Science...Bennett, Jim
science museum, history of science, The Royal Society, curation, exhibition, journal article, and museum collection
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The birth of a collection in Milan: from the Leonardo Exhibition of 1939 to the opening of the National Museum of Science and Technology in 1953
The collection of Leonardo da Vinci historical models at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan is one of the largest and most important in the world. Created in 1952–53 to celebrate the fifth centenary of the birth of Leonardo and the opening of the Museum, the collection...Giorgione, Claudio
history of science, journal article, curation, exhibition, and National Museum of Science and Technology
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'½ vol. not relevant': The scrapbook of Winifred Penn-Gaskell
The scrapbook of Winifred Penn-Gaskell – celebrated aerophilatelist and collector of aeronautica –reveals a great deal about its maker and the social and political context of early flight history in Britain. It is argued here that a ‘reading’ of the book as a non-textual object offers a predictive argument for...Doherty, Caitlin
scrapbooks, aviation, journal article, material culture, and history of science
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Curating the collider: using place to engage museum visitors with particle physics
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle physics facility, provides museological opportunities and challenges. Visitor interest in cutting-edge physics, with its high media profile, is tempered by anxiety about understanding complex content. The topic does not readily lend itself to traditional museum showcase-dominated displays: the technology of modern particle...Boyle, Alison ; Cliff, Harry
curation, physics, space, collider, Science Museum, science communication, history of science, public engagement, exhibitions, journal article, and material culture
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Time at the Royal Society
An intriguing brass clock inhabits a gleaming glass case in the Science Museum's “Making the Modern World” gallery. The clock's mechanical construction could place it among the great examples of 18th century timepieces, but its label shows it was constructed only a year ago. The clock's face shows an array...Mileham, Rebecca
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