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John Napier and the Power of Ten
Phillipson, Tacye
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Focus on: biomedical interactives
Phillipson, Tacye
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Forgotten gems: microphotographs as jewellery
Phillipson, Tacye
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Dagron’s stanhope “jewels”
Phillipson, Tacye
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James Ferguson's misidentified coin balance
Phillipson, Tacye
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How can science be better communicated in museums?
Phillipson, Tacye
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Prosthetic limbs on display: from maker to user
Prosthetic devices have been used in museums to tell clinical, technical and personal stories. Here we reflect on the ways artificial limbs and their users were represented in recent museum projects at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and at National Museums Scotland. We consider how these meaningful artefacts...Goggins, Sophie ; Phillipson, Tacye ; Alberti, S J M M
war, prosthetics, users, and disability
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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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Collections development in hindsight: a numerical analysis of the Science and Technology collections of National Museums Scotland since 1855
Long term and bulk patterns in both the accessioning and deaccessioning of the Science and Technology collections of National Museums Scotland were revealed within their digital database records. This makes use of bulk analysis of records to show historic patterns which can inform current activities. The current and recent selection...Phillipson, Tacye
collections development, disposal, collecting, Database, and display