Issue 06 of the Science Museum Group Journal is now online
Issue 06 of the Science Museum Group Journal presents readers with
several new research articles. Ian Hutchings presents a refutation of a
number of early twentieth century working model interpretations of
Leonardo da Vinci drawings; Dr Jaume Sastre-Juan analyses changing
perceptions of European industrial museums as expressed in reports by
the curators, directors and trustees of the New York Museum of Science
and Industry in the 1920s and 1930s; while Claire Kennard focuses on a
single object – Shizuo Ishiguro’s storm surge prediction machine – soon
to appear in the Science Museum’s new maths gallery. We also include a
thought-provoking text from Dr Jane Gregory on the importance of
applying existing technologies to address global issues, a paper on the
conservation of working objects based on a verbal presentation given by
Elizabeth Pye at the Research Centre's inaugural conference, as well as a
review of the recent John Dee exhibition at The Royal College of
Physicians. We hope you enjoy reading this issue!