Nature's museums
Subtitle: Victorian science and the architecture of display
By: Carla Yanni.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Natural history museums -- History -- 19th century; Museum architecture -- History -- 19th century; Architecture, Victorian
Description: "Through careful social historical accounts of the buildings, their displays and their reception, Nature's Museums reveals how natural knowledge was locally produced. By embracing contradictory concepts of nature - from nature as resource to be capitalised by the empire, to nature as the second book of God - Nature's Museums allows the buildings themselves to act as a guide to the Victorians' understanding of the natural world. The book brings the display of nature into the light of contemporary discourse, enhancing our understanding of the nature of museums in Darwin's century."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-196) and index.