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Entrance to the Science Museum of Virginia. A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science.Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in museology have broadened the range of subject matter and introduced many interactive exhibits.
This is a list of science centers in the United States. American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) member centers are granted institutional benefits and may offer benefits to individuals through purchased or granted individual memberships as well.
This is a list of science centers (spelt science centre in Commonwealth English) organized by continent. Science centers are a type of science museum that emphasizes an interactive, hands-on approach with its exhibitions.
Birla Science Museum, Hyderabad; Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad; Birla Planetarium, Chennai; Hakim Karam Hussain Museum on History of Medicine and Sciences; Kerala Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram; National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) National Science Centre, Delhi; Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, Kharagpur
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Museology (also called museum studies or museum science) is the study of museums. It explores the history of museums and their role in society, as well as the activities they engage in, including curating , preservation , public programming, and education .
The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center is a science museum located in Concord, New Hampshire, United States, next door to the NHTI campus. The museum is dedicated to Christa McAuliffe, the Concord High School social studies teacher selected by NASA out of over 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher in space, and Alan Shepard, the Derry, New Hampshire, native and Navy test pilot who became ...
The Springfield Science Museum is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, in the United States. Founded in 1859, the museum has operated in its current building since 1899. The building has undergone two expansions, in 1934 [1] and 1970. [2] It is also home to the country's oldest operating projection planetarium, Seymour Planetarium. [3] [4] [5]