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THOUGH the Science Museum at South Kensington was established in 1857, the development of its collections had lagged far behind those representing art; but in 1909 a number of people distinguished in science and representing technical institutions sought an interview with the President of the Board of Education in order to represent the urgent importance of developing its collections and of providing more suitable buildings for their accommodation. The result of the representation thus made was that a Departmental Committee was appointed in the following year, of which Sir Hugh Bell was the chairman, its terms of reference being to consider and report upon the condition and the future development of the Science Museum and the Geological Museum.
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[Obituary]. Nature 128, 98 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128098a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/128098a0