Museum laboratories: where art meets science.

The Exploratorium: A Playful Museum Combines Perception and Art in Science Education

The role which museums can play in science education is discussed in general and with particular reference to the Exploratorium in San Francisco. We describe how art, an atmosphere of playfulness, and exhibits about the mechanisms of human sensory perception, have figured in the development of our museum. It is suggested that some of the objectives of interdisciplinary survey science courses ca...

Applications of a new portable (micro) XRF instrument having low-Z elements determination capability in the field of works of art

1 Conservation Science Department, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Burgring 5, A-1010 Vienna, Austria 2 Atomic Institute (ATI), Vienna University of Technology, Stadionallee 2, A-1020 Vienna, Austria 3 Agency’s Laboratories Seibersdorf, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Reaktorstrasse 1, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria 4 Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science ...

Desiging Tabriz Carpet Art Museum Architecture Based on the Blue Mosque Historical Context Identity Potentials

Due to universal importance of Tabriz carpet art and presence of specific indicators and motifs in Tabriz carpet art and its potentials, existence of architectural site for representing this art as carpet art museum in Tabriz is necessary. The site of this project is located adjacent to Tabriz Blue Mosque near the museum historical site. It is essential to consider the historical elements and c...

Introducing Books/ Iranian Art: Collecting Iranian Art Pieces for Victoria and Albert Museum, Mohammad Javad Ahmadinia

[The personal context of a museum experience: similarities and differences between science and art museums].

The article focuses on the development of research that illuminates not only the socioeconomic profiles of museum visitors and non-visitors but also their cultural habits, general entertainment interests, and their perceptions of art, science, and other topics addressed at these institutes. The more we know about a visitor's personal context, the more we can enhance his or her museum experience...