Museums of modern science : Nobel Symposium 112 / Svante Lindqvist, editor ; Marika Hedin and Ulf Larsson, associate editors.

Canton, MA : Science History Publications/USA, 2000.

xii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Museums in the new millennium / Neil Cossons -- Communication of science in the Deutches Museum: in search of the right formula / Wolf Peter Fehlhammer -- The Musée des Arts et Métiers: renovation issues (1988-1998) / Dominique Ferriot, Bruno Jacomy -- Museums, communities, and contemporary science / Alan J. Friedman -- Beyond understanding: curatorship and access in science museums / Jim Bennett -- Object lessons / Simon Schaffer -- Experimental history of science / H. Otto Sibum -- Fact and fancy: art in the presentation of science / Ken Arnold -- New technologies and the objects of science: reflections on the use of multimedia / Paolo Galluzzi -- From hands-on to minds-on: creativity in science museums / Saroj Ghose -- In favor of scientific knowledge: the new museums / Jorge Wagensberg -- Virtual objects: threat or salvation? / Doron Swade -- Context and controversy / Bernard Finn -- The power of the pencil: renegotiating the museum-visitor relationship through discussion exhibits / Ben Gammon, Xerxes Mazda -- "A-OK" to Y2K: Technological confidence and history at the end of the twentieth century / Robert Friedel -- Communication and communities: changing paradigms in museum pedagogy / Eilean Hooper-Greenhill -- Concluding remarks / John L. Heilbron.

Includes bibliographical references and index.