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Article: Making the Modern World.(largest historical gallery of Science Museum, London)
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- History Today
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- August 1, 2001
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The Science Museum, London, last year opened its largest historical gallery. Timothy Boon, its Deputy Project Director, explains the role of history within the display.
IN HISTORY TODAY in May 2000, Ludmilla Jordanova argued that `public history' is a subject worthy of renewed debate. This broad field of history outside the Academy, which she defined as encompassing broadcasts, museums, heritage attractions and popular publications, might, she suggested, benefit from the modern historiographical approach, which deals with what questions we should ask about the past, and what approaches should be used to answer them. The `history of science', including the ...