Author: Yanni, C.
Title: Nature's Museums: Victorian Science & the Architecture of Display
Description: Athlone Press 1999 xvi, 199, b/w photos, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w.. Focusing on the Oxford University Museum, the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, and the Natural History Museum, London, the author explores how such institutions reflected varying concepts of nature, from the handiwork of God, to a resource to be exploited.. [9780485004052]

Keywords: Museology; Natural History; Science; Victorian Museums


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