[NHCOLL-L:3686] Re: Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads

[Sendall, Kelly RBCM:EX]

Another good museum read is the 2007 book by Knell, MacLeod and Watson entitled, Museum Revolutions: How museums change and are changed. ISBN 10: 0-415-44466-7
 

regards, 

Kelly Sendall 
Manager, Natural History 
Royal BC Museum 
675 Belleville Street 
Victoria, BC CANADA 
V8W 9W2 
250.387.3544 voice 
250.387.0534 fax 


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From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of John E Simmons
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 5:07 PM
To: delre at mpm.edu
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Subject: [NHCOLL-L:3684] Re: Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads


Chris,
It is a good book and a fun read.  Among other things, the author examines exhibits designed by some famous scientists as a way of seeing how they put their concepts of classification into practice.  The only serious criticism I have of the book is that the author didn't seem to understand the impact that genetics had on natural history, but that oversight does not affect the validity of his thesis.  It is definitely a book that is well worth reading if you are interested in the history of natural history.  An interesting follow-up book is Steven Cohn's "Museums and American Intellectual Life" that addresses the shift of the discovery of knowledge from museums to universities. 

--John

John E. Simmons
Museologica
1528 ½ Puddintown Road
State College, Pennsylvania 16801
simmons.johne at gmail.com
303-681-5708


On Jan 2, 2008 6:27 PM, Del Re, Christine <delre at mpm.edu> wrote:


	Dear Colleagues,
	 
	I would appreciate positive or negative feedback about the book with the above title before I plunge in.  Any thoughts?
	 
	many thanks in advance, Chris Del Re/MPM 




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