Issue 05 of the Science Museum Group Journal now launched
The fifth issue of the Science Museum Group Journal is now available to view online: http://journal.sciencemuseum.
Issue 05 of the Journal celebrates several important recent and upcoming
events in the Science Museum Group. Preceding the inaugural research
conference in April that marks the opening of the new Dana Research
Centre and Library at the Science Museum, we feature several articles
from key conference speakers discussing themes including co-production,
museum visiting as a kind of research, and issues relating to the
display of objects. Andrew McLean, for instance, commemorates the world
famous Flying Scotsman’s flagship journey following an extensive
conservation/renovation programme. His article explores the role the
Flying Scotsman has played in the ‘preservation of authenticity’ in the
context of Britain’s industrial heritage. Doug Millard, curator of the
Cosmonauts exhibition gives his insight into the project as it moves out
of the Science Museum. And Iris Veysey, one of the curators of the
upcoming Mathematics gallery at the Museum offers a new type of ‘object
focus’ article that explores early use of statistics by Florence
Nightingale and Harriet Martineau, and the production of the ‘Rose
Diagram’.
The Journal presents peer-reviewed papers that are relevant to the
wide-ranging interests of the Science Museum Group. Here we share
research conducted by SMG’s four national museums as well as featuring
contributions from international scholars that resonate with our
collections and practice.