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Museon

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Images
  • Life Sciences
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Museum
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.museon.nl/eindex.html

Excerpt: 

If you do not know much about Eskimos, you should start with the digital museum lesson. There you will learn a lot about these people, looking at photographs and museum objects

Museum of the History of Science (Geneva)

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Life Sciences
  • Museum
  • Physical Sciences
URL: 

http://www.ville-ge.ch/geneve/culture/musees/musees/sciences.htm

Excerpt: 

The Museum of the History of Science is the only museum of its kind in Switzerland. It is also an excellent display case for the city's scientific past, which was particularly outstanding in the 18th century, and a reflection of the interest the inhabitants of Geneva have always had in science.

Museum of Materia Medica

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Ancient (BCE-40 CE)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Images
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Middle Ages (5th-15th Century)
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Museum
URL: 

http://www.toyama-mpu.ac.jp/riw/mmmw/

Excerpt: 

Ethnic people around the world developed their own drugs to fight against the diseases by hit andtrail methods based on their experiences and passed the knowledge from generation to generation.Their knowledge on medicine is called as Ethnomedicine.The long experiences of various ethnic groups in the early human civilization helped to develop a complete system of medicine known as The Traditional medicine. The traditional Chinese Medicine,The Traditional Indian Medicine (Ayurvedic
system of medicine),The Unani medicine, etc. are among such examples

Smithsonian Magazine

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Aviation/Space Exploration
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Images
  • Industrial/Military Technology
  • Life Sciences
  • Links
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Museum
  • Physical Sciences
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/

Excerpt: 

In this month's Smithsonian: Pulp Art gets a little respect, environmentalists take on the forest service, Ben Franklin goes from peacemaker to revolutionary and much more!

Electric Guitar

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Consumer Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Images
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Museum
URL: 

http://www.si.edu/lemelson/guitars/

Excerpt: 

This exhibit features instruments that illustrate how innovative makers and players combined the guitar with a pickup (sensor) and amplifier to create a new instrument and a new sound that profoundly changed popular music--blues, country, rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock and roll--in the 20th century.

Tech Museum of Innovation

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Aviation/Space Exploration
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Images
  • Life Sciences
  • Links
  • Museum
  • Physical Sciences
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.thetech.org/

Excerpt: 

 
Our Mission
Press Room
Factsheet
Evening Rentals
Jobs
Volunteer
Board of Directors
Open Access Policy
Privacy Policy
Disclaimer
Contact Information
 The Tech is a cosmopolitan museum singularly focused on technology—how it works and the way that it is changing every aspect of the way we work, live, play and learn. Its people-and-technology focus and the integration of advanced technologies into visitor experiences and infrastructure, distinguishes it from other science centers.

Science City at Union Station

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Engineering
  • Images
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Museum
URL: 

http://www.unionstation.org/national.cfm

Excerpt: 

Union Station is a Kansas City historical landmark built in 1914. The building features a 95-foot ceiling in the Grand Hall, three 3,500-pound chandeliers and a six-foot wide clock hanging in the Station's central arch. Union Station encompasses 850,000 square feet and originally featured 900 rooms. Beautifully restored in 1999, the Station today is a popular destination for the surrounding community as well as tourists. The complex is filled with restaurants, shops, theaters, traveling exhibits, special events and a science center called Science City. Union Station's Theater District has a 440-seat giant screen 2D & 3D movie theater, a domed planetarium theater and a live stage theater.

Zoological Institute St. Petersburg

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Images
  • Library/Archive
  • Life Sciences
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Museum
  • Primary Source
URL: 

http://www.zin.ru/

Excerpt: 

Now, celebrating its 170th anniversary the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences summarises some results. Its scientific collections comprise approximately 60,000,000 items. These enormous collections became the basis for the development of a great number of fundamental scientific problems concerning the fauna of Russia and of the whole world, including such issues as species diversity of the animal world, its evolution and ecology

Smithsonian Institution

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Aviation/Space Exploration
  • Earth Sciences
  • Government
  • Images
  • Life Sciences
  • Links
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Museum
  • Physical Sciences
  • Primary Source
  • Video
URL: 

http://www.si.edu/

Excerpt: 

The Smithsonian is committed to enlarging our shared understanding of the mosaic that is our national identity by providing authoritative experiences that connect us to our history and our heritage as Americans and to promoting innovation, research and discovery in science. These commitments have been central to the Smithsonian since its founding more than 155 years ago.

Internation Museum of Surgical Science

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Exhibit
  • Images
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Museum
  • Primary Source
URL: 

http://www.imss.org/

Excerpt: 

Housed in a landmarked status mansion, the collection is exhibited on all four floors. Originally organized by a particular country, the artifacts are displayed by either country or discipline for example: radiology, orthopedics, and a turn of the century apothecary.

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