Perks, Sue (2015) Transforming the Natural History Museum in London: Isotype and the New Exhibition Scheme. In: Museum Media. The International Handbooks of Museum Studies, 3 . Wiley Blackwell, pp. 389-418. ISBN 9781405198509
Creators: | Perks, Sue |
---|---|
Description/Abstract: | The original role of the transformer stems from Isotype (the International System of Typographic Education) originated by Dr Otto Neurath in 1925 for use at the Social and Economic Museum (Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum) in Vienna, as a form of mediation between academics and designers to create accessible charts and exhibits. Neurath’s charts were designed to educate and inform the citizens of ‘Red Vienna’ about important social and political matters, under the auspices of the Social Democratic regime (1919–1934), which used pedagogy as a political tool to elicit power. Half a century on, Dr. Roger Miles and his team redefined the role of the transformer in the Natural History Museum (London) to devise the ‘New Exhibition Scheme’ (NES) in response to their need to fulfil their 1753 mandate that stated that exhibitions existed for the ‘general use and benefit of the public’, which they were failing to do in the 1960s. |
Item Type: | Book Section |
Date: | July 2015 |
Additional Information: | Based on a chapter of my PhD 'The Legacy of the Principles of Isotype', 2012. |
Uncontrolled Keywords or tags : | Isotype, transformation, Natural History Museum, New Exhibition Scheme, educational exhibits, Otto Neurath, Red Vienna, Dr Roger Miles, audience friendly exhibits, museum technology |
Related URLs: | |
Depositing User: |
Sue Perks
|
Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2014 18:15 |
Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2019 09:46 |
URI: | https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/2001 |
Actions (login required)
![]() |
Edit View |
University Staff: Request a correction | UCA Research Online Editors: Update this record