At 12:11 PM 6/11/96 -0700, Carol Mayer wrote:
>I am looking for any information you may have on the history of
>museum models (working coal mines etc...the type you press a button and it
>springs into action) and or dioramas

I am not aware of any publication on the history of (museum) models, but
about dioramas you'll find useful information in: Karen Wonders, Habitat
dioramas. Illusions of wilderness in museums of natural history (Uppsala
1993) ISBN 91-554-3157-7. As far as I know the most complete book on the
history of dioramas.

Peter van Mensch
lecturer of theoretical museology and museum ethics
Reinwardt Academie
Amsterdam
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