I wonder if we are seeing a return to the object in the science-based museum. Since any visitor can go to a film like Jurassic Park and see dinosaurs reawakened more graphically than any museum could emulate, maybe a museum should be the place to have an encounter with the bony truth. Maybe some children have overdosed on simulations on their computers at home and just want to see something solid--a fact of life.
I believe profoundly in the importance of museums; I would go as far as to say that you can judge a society by the quality of its museums. - Richard Fortey
I believe profoundly in the importance of museums; I would go as far as to say that you can judge a society by the quality of its museums.
- Richard Fortey
You must not lie about trilobites, nor yet about time. - Richard Fortey
You must not lie about trilobites, nor yet about time.
The great proliferation of museums in the nineteenth century was a product of the marriage of the exhibition as a way of awakening intelligent intere… - Richard Fortey
The great proliferation of museums in the nineteenth century was a product of the marriage of the exhibition as a way of awakening intelligent intere…
Museums have no political power, but they do have the possibility of influencing the political process. This is a complete change from their role in … - Richard Fortey
Museums have no political power, but they do have the possibility of influencing the political process. This is a complete change from their role in …
A life accumulates a collection: of people, work and perplexities. We are all our own curators. - Richard Fortey
A life accumulates a collection: of people, work and perplexities. We are all our own curators.
I wonder if we are seeing a return to the object in the science-based museum. Since any visitor can go to a film like Jurassic Park and see dinosaurs… - Richard Fortey
I wonder if we are seeing a return to the object in the science-based museum. Since any visitor can go to a film like Jurassic Park and see dinosaurs…
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