Understanding use : objects in museums of science and technology /
Understanding use : objects in museums of science and technology /
edited by Tim Boon, Elizabeth Haines, Arnaud Dubois, and Klaus Staubermann ; managing editor, Kristin Frederick-Frost, Smithsonian Institution.
- v, 242 pages : illustrations (some color) 26 cm.
- Artefacts : studies in the history of science and technology ; volume 13 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How does that work? : the audio-visual documentation of craft practice by the Competence Centre for Crafts and Technology in the LWL Open-Air Museum Hagen and the context of its use / Lisa Maubach.
"This volume proposes a way of thinking, and of developing practice, around three varieties of the use of science and technology museum objects: first, the ways that machines, instruments and equipment were used in their pre-museum 'lives' (which use provides the most frequent reason for their acquisition); second, the ways in which museum staff employ objects in their 'museum lives', when they are members of collections. Thirdly there is also the possibility of reconceptualizing museum visitors as users of collections and displays, in which guise visitors would also have something in common with the objects' original users and also with the curators of the middle category. We suggest that thinking of museum objects in these ways, in terms of use, could constitute a coherent approach to doing museum work that would enrich the wider project of science and technology museums"-- Provided by publisher.
9781944466732
2023045734
Industrial museums
Science museums
Technology--History--Sources
Science--History--Sources
Tools--Collection and preservation
Museum exhibits
T179 / .U53 2024
069.51
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How does that work? : the audio-visual documentation of craft practice by the Competence Centre for Crafts and Technology in the LWL Open-Air Museum Hagen and the context of its use / Lisa Maubach.
"This volume proposes a way of thinking, and of developing practice, around three varieties of the use of science and technology museum objects: first, the ways that machines, instruments and equipment were used in their pre-museum 'lives' (which use provides the most frequent reason for their acquisition); second, the ways in which museum staff employ objects in their 'museum lives', when they are members of collections. Thirdly there is also the possibility of reconceptualizing museum visitors as users of collections and displays, in which guise visitors would also have something in common with the objects' original users and also with the curators of the middle category. We suggest that thinking of museum objects in these ways, in terms of use, could constitute a coherent approach to doing museum work that would enrich the wider project of science and technology museums"-- Provided by publisher.
9781944466732
2023045734
Industrial museums
Science museums
Technology--History--Sources
Science--History--Sources
Tools--Collection and preservation
Museum exhibits
T179 / .U53 2024
069.51