Description: Interpreting Science in Museums and Historic Sites stresses the untapped potential of historical artifacts to inform our understanding of scientific topics. It argues that science gains ground when contextualized in museums and historic sites.
Review Quotes: "Interpreting Scienceat Museums and Historic Sites is a timely and necessary addition to the highly valued "Interpreting History Series." Reid, Scholthof and Vail and assembled a valuable set of readings chock full of ideas on how to make science "knowable" for diverse groups of learners." --Kristin M. Szylvian, Associate Professor of History and Library and Information Science, St. John's University