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THE educational function of museums has been much discussed in Great Britain during the last decade but, with notable exceptions, the attractiveness of their exhibitions has not been great enough to draw in and hold many, apart from those who already have some interest in the museum contents. There are many reasons for this lack of appeal, one of them being lack of imagination on the part of museum authorities and a strange unfamiliarity with the methods by which the general public should be encouraged to compel its interest. For these and other reasons this book should be carefully studied by museum authorities; similar publications would do much to increase the attractiveness of their own institutions.
Native Animals of New Zealand (Auckland Museum Handbook of Zoology.)
By A. W. B. Powell. Pp. 96. (Auckland: Auckland Institute and Museum, 1947.) N.p.
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HAWKINS, T. Appeal of Museums. Nature 160, 734 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160734b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/160734b0