març 2010

Museu de Astronomia e Ciencias Afins (MAST) is an institution with multiple functions. Established in 1985 in Rio de Janeiro as a government entity, its mission encompasses the history of science and technology in Brazil and the fostering and study of science education and communication. MAST is a research center under the auspices of the Brazilian Ministry for Science and Technology, carrying out academic research into the History of Science, Science Education and the preservation of documental and museological collections.

Deve dizer-se máquina pneumática ou bomba de vácuo? Bússola marítima ou bússola de marinha? Ampola de Crookes ou campânula de Crookes? Em 2006, doze museus de ciência de Portugal e do Brasil constituiram uma rede internacional, de âmbito lusófono, com a finalidade de construir um 'Thesaurus de Instrumentos Científicos em Língua Portuguesa'. Trata-se de um projeto de investigação pioneiro que produzirá, em 2011, um instrumento de controlo e nomalização terminológica para todos os museus da esfera lusófona.

Museums and the Exhibitionary Complex in Central Europe, 1850-1939

The rise of the exhibitionary complex in nineteenth-century Germany,
France and Britain has been the subject of substantial amounts of
research. It has been rather less well explored in relation to central
Europe. The journal Centropa will therefore be publishing a special
issue on museums in Central Europe in 2012. The issue will be
examining the development of museums between 1850 and 1939 and their
contribution to processes of identity formation during the period in