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Natural science
Introduction
Museums give children experiences above and beyond the everyday –
experiences that enrich and build upon classroom teaching and learning. Taking
pupils to a museum, or bringing museum artefacts into school, instantly changes
the dynamics of the usual learning environment. It gives you as a teacher the
opportunity to start afresh with each child, to reach and engage with pupils in
new and different ways. This unit explores practical ways in which you can make
the most of the UK's extraordinarily dynamic and diverse museums and galleries;
it gives you pathways into museum resources, and shares examples of teachers
and museum educators making the most of museum artefacts.Museums give children
experiences above and beyond the everyday – experiences that enrich and build
upon classroom teaching and learning. Taking pupils to a museum, or bringing
museum artefacts into school, instantly changes the dynamics of the usual
learning environment. It gives you as a teacher the opportunity to start afresh
with each child, to reach and engage with pupils in new and different ways.
This unit explores practical ways in which you can make the most of the UK's
extraordinarily dynamic and diverse museums and galleries; it gives you
pathways into museum resources, and shares examples of teachers and museum
educators making the most of museum artefacts.
Purpose
The purpose of modern museums is to collect,
preserve, interpret, and display items of artistic, cultural, or scientific
significance for the education of the public. The purpose can also depend on
one’s point of view. To a family looking for entertainment on a Sunday
afternoon, a trip to a local history museum or large city art museum could be a
fun, and enlightening way to spend the day. To city leaders, a healthy museum
community can be seen as a gauge of the economic health of a city, and a way to
increase the sophistication of its inhabitants. To a museum professional, a
museum might be seen as a way to educate the public about the museum’s mission,
such as civil rights or environmentalism. Museums are, above all, storehouses
of knowledge. In 1829, James Smithson’s bequest, that would fund the Smithsonian
Institution,
stated he wanted to establish an institution "for the increase and
diffusion of knowledge
Museums of
natural history in the late 19th century exemplified the Victorian desire for
consumption and for order. Gathering all examples of each classification of a
field of knowledge for research and for display was the purpose. As American
colleges grew in the 19th century, they developed their own natural history
collections for the use of their students. By the last quarter of the 19th
century, the scientific research in the universities was shifting toward
biological research on a cellular level, and cutting edge research moved from
museums to university laboratories.[8] While many large museums, such as the Smithsonian
Institution,
are still respected as research centers, research is no longer a main purpose
of most museums. While there is an ongoing debate about the purposes of
interpretation of a museum’s collection, there has been a consistent mission to
protect and preserve artifacts for future generations. Much care, expertise,
and expense is invested in preservation efforts to retard decomposition in
aging documents, artifacts, artworks, and buildings. All museums display
objects that are important to a culture. As historian Steven Conn writes,
"To see the thing itself, with one’s own eyes and in a public place,
surrounded by other people having some version of the same experience can be
enchanting "
Museum
purposes vary from institution to institution. Some favor education over
conservation, or vice versa. For example, in the 1970s, the Canada Science and
Technology Museum favored
education over preservation of their objects. They displayed objects as well as
their functions. One exhibit featured a historic printing press that a staff
member used for visitors to create museum memorabilia.[10]Some
seek to reach a wide audience, such as a national or state museum, while some
museums have specific audiences, like the LDS Church History
Museumor local
history organizations. Generally speaking, museums collect objects of
significance that comply with their mission statement for conservation and
display. Although most museums do not allow physical contact with the associated
artifacts, there are some that are interactive and encourage a more hands-on
approach. In 2009, Hampton Court Palace, palace of Henry VIII, opened the council room to the
general public to create an interactive environment for visitors. Rather than
allowing visitors to handle 500-year-old objects, the museum created replicas,
as well as replica costumes. The daily activities, historic clothing, and even
temperature changes immerse the visitor in a slice of what Tudor life may have
been
Conclusion
Museum are
very important to studing science which help to keep aa model inside it which
will be very helpful for future use. This are the some name of museum in india Bhagwan
Mahavir Government Museum, Kadapa INS Kursura (S20), Visakhapatnam,Victoria Jubilee
Museum, Vijayawada ,Visakha Museum, Visakhapatnam Amaravathi
Museum, Amaravathi,Buddhist
Museum, Nagarjunakonda AP State Archaeology
Museum, HyderabadSalarjung Museum,
Hyderabad
