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Understanding Museums - Australian Museums and Museology: Edited by Des Griffin and Leon Paroissien

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Microscope slides and specimen jars of tropical parasites from the Anton Breinl Centre, James Cook University, Townsville. Photo: Jen Wilson

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Museums and science

From the arrival of Europeans a fascination with the animals of the Australian continent and adjacent islands has generated scientific research. Since the nineteenth century Australia’s natural history museums have been a principal site for the study of the diversity of animals, their relationships, and their distribution through the landscape and through time. The papers in this section explore natural history museums, science museums and science centres.

Introduction by Des Griffin
Museums and the environment by Douglass F Hoese
Interactive science centres in Australia by Michael M Gore and Susan M Stocklmayer

Cite as: Des Griffin and Leon Paroissien (eds), 2011, Understanding Museums: Australian Museums and Museology, National Museum of Australia, published online at nma.gov.au/research/understanding-museums/
ISBN 978-1-876944-92-6