This will get you started:
Asma, S.T. 2001. Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and
Evolution of Natural History Museums 302, Oxford University Press, 302
pp.
Wonders, K. 1989. Exhibiting fauna-from spectacle to habitat group.
Curator 32(2):131-156.
Wonders, K. 1993. Habitat dioramas. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis,
Figura Nova Series 25:1-262.
--John
John E. Simmons
Collection Manager, Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research
Center
and
Director, Museum Studies Program
University of Kansas
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 12:28 PM
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Subject: article on history of dioramas
I am involved in a history of science discussion group that, this
semester, is focused on how people visualize/d science and natural
history- in particular looking at three dimensional representations of
anatomy, botany, ob/gyn and then tracing a 20th century switch to more 2
dimensional or virtual depictions of objects. I am looking for articles
on natural history museum displays, in particular dioramas, that examine
them as social constructs but more particularly as a way of seeing
nature- a way that may well have changed with the advent of other media.
Does anyone know of any such articles?
Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig
Box 117320
University of Florida
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