Swansea's Royal Institution and Wales's First Museum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hallesy, Helen.

Contributor:

Gabb, Gerald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (614 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press, 2024.

Summary:

In 1841, the Royal Institution of South Wales founded the first museum in Wales. Specialist authors describe its formation as a learned society, and its survival into the twenty-first century. Lavishly illustrated throughout, the book reveals the varied and comprehensive collections within Swansea museum.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

PART 1

Chapter 1 The Swansea Context

PART 2: Foundations and Early Period

Chapter 2 Beginnings

2.1 A New Institution and Museum for Swansea!

2.2 The Coming of Age of Science in Wales: Swansea 1848

2.3 A Gentleman’s Club? Women in the Royal Institution of South Wales

2.4 The Lectures Programme

2.5 Education and the Royal Institution 1835–1897

Chapter 3 The Museum Building

3.1 Planning and Funding the Building

3.2 Uses of the building and its extensions

PART 3: The Collections

Chapter 4 The Sciences

4.1 The Royal Institution and Geology

4.2 Botany at the Royal Institution of South Wales

4.3 Natural History at the Royal Institution of South Wales

4.4 The Photographic Collection

Chapter 5 Artefacts and Records

5.1 The Archive Collections at the Royal Institution of South Wales

5.2 The Library at the Royal Institution of South Wales Generated by AI.

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Other Format:

Print version: Hallesy, Helen Swansea's Royal Institution and Wales's First Museum

ISBN:

9781837720927