Museums at the forefront of the history and philosophy of geology : history made, history in the making / edited by Gary D. Rosenberg, Renee M. Clary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geological Society of America.

Rosenberg, Gary D., editor.

Clary, R. M. (Renee M.), editor.

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 535.

Special paper ; 535

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geological museums.

Geology--Exhibitions.

Geology.

Geology--Social aspects.

Geology--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

viii, 348 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : The Geological Society of America, 2018.

Summary:

"Natural history museums have progressively improved public engagement through immersive exhibits, participation in field expeditions, and research using museum holdings. This volume samples the story of museum development and illustrates that the historical successes of natural history museums have positioned them to be preeminent facilitators of science literacy well into the future"-- Provided by publisher.

Information on museum activities around the world.

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgments / Gary D. Rosenberg and Renee M. Clary

Dedication to Michele La Clergue Aldrich (1942-2016) / Renee M. Clary and Gary D. Rosenberg

Something to be said for natural history museums / Gary D. Rosenberg and Renee M. Clary. Contemporary natural history museums at the forefront of geoscience literacy and research : Natural history museums: facilitating science literacy across the globe / Jere H. Lipps

Bridging the two fossil records: paleontology's "big dad" future resides in museum collections / Warren D. Allmon, Gregory P. Dietl, Jonathan R. Hendricks, and Robert M. Ross. HIstorical collections and formative years: foundations for the future : Filippo Buonanni and the Kircher Museum / Ashley J. Inglehart

All is not lost: history from fossils and catalogues at the Museum of Natural history, University of Florence / Stefano Dominici and Elisabetta Cioppi

Museum Wormianum: collecting and learning in seventeenth-century Denmark / Lisbet Tarp

Fossil collections and mapping the Silurian: an example from Scandinavia / John A. Diemer

Exhibiting life history at the Paris Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (nineteenth-twenty-first centuries) / Claudine Cohen

History and importance of the geoscience collections at the Natural History Museum Vienna / Christian Koeberl, Franz Brandstätter, Mathias Harzhauser, and Christa Riedl-Dorn

Different functions of learning and knowledge - geology takes form: museums in the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1848 / Marianne Klemun

The museums of Philadelphia / Sally Newcomb

Carl Akeley's revolution in exhibit design at the Milwaukee Public Museum / Gary David Rosenberg

Geology and paleontology at the California Academy of Sciences, 1895-2016: a brief overview / Alan E. Leviton and Michele L. Aldrich

The Rutgers Geology Museum: America's first geology museum and the past 200 years of geoscience education / Lauren Neitzke-Adamo, A.J. Blandford, Julia Criscione, Richard K. Olsson, and Erika Gorder. Twenty-first-century museum history in the making : The role of the Dunn-Seiler Museum, Mississippi State University, in promoting public geoliteracy / Renee M. Clary and Amy Moe-Hoffman

Twenty-first-century natural history: planetary geology in natural history museums / J.C. Aubele and L.S. Crumpler

Museums at the intersection of science and citizen: an example from a SIlurian reef / Patricia Coorough Burke and Peter M. Sheehan

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: a history of leveraging field expeditions and lab work to enhance public engagement / Dallas C. Evans

Live science in the "Valley of the Last Dinosaurs": a public window into the world of paleontology / John Hankla, Samantha Sands, Megan Sims, and Jeremy Wyman

Digitization reveals and remediates challenges to research on dispersed museum collections from Florissant fossil beds, Colorado / Gwen S. Antell

From public lands to museums: the foundation of U.S. paleontology, the early history of federal public lands and museums, and the developing role of the U.S. Department of the Interior / Gregory A. Liggett, S. Terry Childs, Nicholas A. Famoso, H. Gregory McDonald, Alan L. Titus, Elizabeth Varner, and Cameron L. Liggett

Museums, paleontology, and a biodiversity science-based approach / Bruce S. Liberman and Julien Kimmig.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780813725352

0813725356

OCLC:

1035771446

Publisher Number:

99978152733