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Collecting 21st-century science, technology and medicine
Museums are often associated exclusively with bygones. This can be problematic, especially for those who manage science, technology and medicine (STM) collections. In seeking to correct this misconception with contemporary collecting, they also face other problems, especially in scale and complexity. While acknowledging such challenges, this opinion piece proposes opportunities...Alberti, S J M M ; Cox, Elsa ; Phillipson, Tacye ; Taubman, Alison
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2018
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Collecting the personal: stories of domestic energy and everyday life at the National Museum of Scotland
Energise is one of ten award-winning new galleries at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Aimed at a family audience, it explores the sources, generation, distribution and use of energy and questions how science and technology may transform how we power our lives in the future. This short case-study... -
2016
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Review of Viola: the life and times of a Hull steam trawler
Cox, Elsa
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2012
Book chapter
The South Georgia Museum Ex-Whalers Oral History Project: recording the human history of the whaling industry
In September 2011, a two-day conference, Managing Industrial and Cultural Heritage: South Georgia in Context, was hosted in Dundee in association with The International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage and the South Georgia Association. The conference aimed to decipher the future for South Georgia’s industrial heritage, contribute to...Cox, Elsa
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2012
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Fresh examination of the Antarctic whalers
Cox, Elsa
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2015
Journal article
Newcomen Scotland launched with a spotlight on Frank Hornby
Cox, Elsa
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2016
Book chapter
Energy well spent: practical approaches to contemporary collecting at the National Museum of Scotland
Cet ouvrage réunit les interventions du séminaire "Patrimoine contemporain : Science, technique, culture et société" qui s'est tenu au musée des Arts et Métiers de 2012 à 2015. Les membres de ce séminaire ont mené de multiples réflexions sur les questions - à la fois théoriques et pratiques - soulevées...Cox, Elsa
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2016
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2014
Journal article
ReINVENT: reconnecting and recreating 19th century Scottish textile manufacture
Elsa Cox reports on the results of a project which focused on the 19th-century textile industry and brought together experts from the fields of humanities, science and engineeringCox, Elsa