03057cam a2200433 i 4500 287720 287720 20596232 20190920143753.0 180718t20192019dcua b f001 0 eng c 2018034218 9781944466220 (paperback) 1944466223 (paperback) 9781944466237 (online) 1944466231 (online) DGPO/DLC eng GPO rda DLC pcc SI 1.2:EX 4 Behind the exhibit : displaying science and technology at world's fairs and museums in the twentieth century / edited by Elena Canadelli, Marco Beretta, and Laura Ronzon ; managing editor, Martin Collins, Smithsonian Institution ; series editors, Robert Bud, Science Museum, London, Bernard Finn, Smithsonian Institution, Helmuth Trischler, Deutsches Museum. Displaying science and technology at world's fairs and museums in the twentieth century Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2019. xv, 263 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. txt n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology ; volume 12 Includes bibliographical references and index. "As part of the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press Artefacts Book Series, Behind the Exhibit: Displaying Science and Technology at World's Fairs and Museums in the Twentieth Century brings together museum curators and historians who tackle the problem of how to display science, technology, and history to the public in ways that engage as well as educate. The case studies within show how, during the course of nearly a century, world's fairs and museums became public spaces for the representation of scientific discovery and technological innovation in relation to national rhetoric, use of history, and the challenging idea of modernity. The essays cover how science and technology have been presented at world's fairs, exhibitions and museums in the United States, Europe, Russia and Japan from the end of the nineteenth century to 1970. What emerges is a study of the tension between basic science and technological applications, the multilayered role of history, the appearance and disappearance of artifacts, and the search for a balance between entertainment and education."-- Canadelli, Elena, 1977- 296704 Beretta, Marco 296705 Ronzon, Laura 296706 Artefacts series ; v. 12. Q105.A1 B46 2019 23 507.4 B4196 Science Exhibitions 166868 Technological innovations Exhibitions 177420 Exhibitions 94045 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc 6 0 507.4 B4196 0 0 ddc 0 507_400000000000000_B4196 0 414658 10 10 1 2019-09-20 0 507.4 B4196 80000002183203 2019-09-20 00:00:00 2019-09-20 6