[NHCOLL-L:6] Re: Museology

[Paul Doyle]

The important thing for me would be to be able to see the process by which
palaentologists arrived at their conclusions- how many specimens of the
species / genus have been found, why do we think the typical posture is
just so, and especially, is there any argument about the lifestyle of these
beasts? It is important in the modern day to not "present facts" to the
general public but to provide all the options and let them understand why
(some) scientists arrive at conclusions while others arrive at different
conclusions. Also it is important to present the historical background-
how conclusions have changed over the years and why. Dinosaurs are
an excellent group with which to explore this subject.
Paul Doyle

Christine Chandler wrote:

> I'm forwarding this from the dinosaur list, anyone care to comment?
>
> >Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:33:54 -0500 (EST)
> >Reply-To: th81 at umail.umd.edu
> >Sender: owner-dinosaur at usc.edu
> >From: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81 at umail.umd.edu>
> >To: dinosaur at usc.edu
> >Subject: Museology
>
> >
> >What would the ideal early 21rst Century dinosaur hall look like at a given
> >museum?
>
> >That is, what do you, the interested public, want to see in future dinosaur
> >exhibits?
>
> >I'm looking here for all aspects: particular mounts (of taxa previously not
> >mounted; of new and interesting positions...); means of organizing exhibits;
> >type and topic of text; interactivity (if so, what kind); life
> >reconstructions or not; etc.
>
> >Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
> >Vertebrate Paleontologist     Webpage: http://www.geol.umd.edu
> >Dept. of Geology              Email:tholtz at geol.umd.edu
> >University of Maryland        Phone:301-405-4084
> >College Park, MD  20742       Fax:  301-314-9661
>
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Paul Doyle
Centre Manager
Conoco Natural History Centre
University of Aberdeen
p.doyle at abdn.ac.uk
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