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How science museums can use their power

A trawl through exhibition halls and storage rooms reveals a drive to do better.
  1. Anna Novitzky

    1. Anna Novitzky is a subeditor team leader at Nature in London.

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The original Clément Ader's Avion III aircraft on display from the ceiling at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, France.

A nineteenth-century aircraft on display at the Paris Museum of Arts and Crafts, one of the first public science museums. Credit: CNMages/Alamy

Curious Devices and Mighty Machines: Exploring Science Museums Samuel J. M. M. Alberti. Reaktion (2022)

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Nature 611, 657-659 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03795-1

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