“…they didn't just do it because it was a job”: Representing wardens in Canadian penal history museums
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2017.12.002
Abstract: Abstract Wardens figure centrally as part of the plot in popular culture representations of prisons such as in films (e.g. The Shawshank Redemption) and television (e.g. Wentworth). Yet little is known about how wardens are… read more here.
Keywords: penal history; wardens canadian; representing wardens; history museums ... See more keywords
The critical role of natural history museums in advancing eDNA for biodiversity studies: a case study with Amazonian fishes
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97128-3
Abstract: Ichthyological surveys have traditionally been conducted using whole-specimen, capture-based sampling with varied but conventional fishing gear. Recently, environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has emerged as a complementary, and possible alternative, approach to whole-specimen methodologies. In the… read more here.
Keywords: study; history museums; natural history; biodiversity ... See more keywords
Bridging the Research Gap between Live Collections in Zoos and Preserved Collections in Natural History Museums
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DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biac022
Abstract: Abstract Zoos and natural history museums are both collections-based institutions with important missions in biodiversity research and education. Animals in zoos are a repository and living record of the world's biodiversity, whereas natural history museums… read more here.
Keywords: natural history; history; research gap; history museums ... See more keywords
Natural history museums face their own past.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.363.6434.1371
Abstract: Step into the main hall of the Natural History Museum in Berlin and you9ll be greeted by a towering dinosaur skeleton, the tallest ever mounted. Nearly four stories high and twice as long as a… read more here.
Keywords: face past; museums face; history museums; natural history ... See more keywords
Shuttered natural history museums fight for survival.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.368.6495.1042
Abstract: Around the world, natural history museums are shuttered and reeling. In March, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City reduced its staff by 20%, furloughed another 250, and cut the hours of… read more here.
Keywords: shuttered natural; history museums; natural history; history ... See more keywords
Sentimental Education. Sound and Silence at History Museums
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DOI: 10.29311/mas.v16i1.2537
Abstract: Using an interdisciplinary approach, this article analyses the uses of sound and silence in three Polish history museums: POLIN – Museum of the History of Polish Jews , the Warsaw Rising Museum and the Historical… read more here.
Keywords: sound silence; history; sentimental education; history museums ... See more keywords
Reconnecting research and natural history museums in Italy and the need of a national collection biorepository
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1104.79823
Abstract: Abstract In Italy, differently from other countries, a national museum of natural history is not present. This absence is due, among other reasons, to its historical political fragmentation up to 1870, which led to the… read more here.
Keywords: natural history; biorepository; reconnecting research; history museums ... See more keywords
Comment and integration to Andreone et al. 2022 “Reconnecting research and natural history museums in Italy and the need of a national collection biorepository”
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1137.96414
Abstract: Abstract In Andreone et al. (2022), the authors described a background about the Italian Natural History Museums (NHMs) situation, highlighting difficulties regarding the coordination among institutes due to the fragmented landscape, from the past until… read more here.
Keywords: natural history; history; history museums; andreone 2022 ... See more keywords