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Nancy,
Try Alan J. Friedman's Physics Today essay: "The Evolution of the Science Museum," October 2010.
http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_10/45_1.shtml?bypassSSO=1
Also, the book, The Museum: A Reference Guide, by Wilcomb E. Washburn (New York: Greenwood Press,1990), has a few chapters that are simple, straight forward history lessons. One might even be titled, "Science Museums." My copy is a couple dozen miles away, so I can't double check the chapter break-down; but it is that straight forward.
I'm teaching exhibit design to architecture students this semester at Lawrence Tech U in Detroit.
Cheers to the semester!
--Jason
Jason Jay Stevens
Flutter & Wow Museum Projects
P. O. Box 21576
Detroit, MI 48221
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On Sep 1, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Nancy Peter wrote:
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> I am co-teaching a course at Penn this year entitled "The Informal Learning Experience" (which is WAY COOL!!). I am looking for one or two articles (not books) about the history/evolution of science museums. Any suggestions?
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> Nancy
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