Includes bibliographical references and index.

Camilla Rossi-Linnemann and Giulia de Martini

Premise
1.1 How art contributed to the public image of science

Pietro Greco

1.2 Making meaning with Art, Science and Technology

John Durant

Art as a narrative tool: seeing the unseen
2.1 A house of collaboration: investigating the intersections of art and biomedicine

Ken Arnold, Adam Bencard, Bente Vinge Pedersen, Thomas Söderqvist, Karin Tybjerg and Louise Whiteley

2.2 Sophia’s Whale and the Hypercubic Showcase of Sudden Comprehension

Nuno Ferrand de Almeida, Nuno Valentim, Luís Mendonça, Rui Mendonça and Maria João Fonseca

2.3 In the Spirit of Enquiry…

James Peto

2.4 Context, collaboration and contemporary culture

Hannah Redler Hawes

2.5 Case studies

Art for science education and enquiry: patterns of thinking
3.1 The Exploratorium: Art as Inquiry

Marina McDougall

3.2 Art Thinking

Christopher Lindinger and Maria Pfeifer

3.3 Art as ingredient for meaningful science learning

Samar D. Kirresh

3.4 Answering the unasked questions

Ian Brunswick and Andrea Bandelli

3.5 Case studies

Art, inclusion, controversy and imagination: from facts to values
4.1 Criticality, Imagination and Interaction: A new basis for Art Science Curation

Mike Stubbs and Mark Wright

4.2 Shifting meaning, shifting contracts – Biological arts and evolving museum ethics

Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr

4.3 Decolonising natural history museums through contemporary art

Bergit Arends

4.4 Case studies

(Open) Conclusions - The Post Disciplinary Museum

"Art in Science Museums brings together perspectives from different practitioners to reflect on the status and meaning of art programmes in science centres and museums around the world. Presenting a balanced mix of theoretical perspectives, practitioners' reflections, and case-studies, this volume gives voice to a wide range of professionals, from traditional science centres and museums, and from institutions born with the very aim of merging art and science practices. Considering the role of art in the field of science engagement, the book questions whether the arts might help curators to convey complex messages, foster a more open and personal approach to scientific issues, become tools of inclusion, and allow for the production of totally new cultural products. The book also includes a rich collection of projects from all over the world, synthetically presenting cases that reveal very different approaches to the inclusion of art in science programmes. Art in Science Museums should be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students working in the fields of museum studies, cultural heritage management, material culture, science communication and contemporary art. It should also be essential reading for museum professionals looking to promote more reflective social science engagement in their institutions"-- Provided by publisher.

in English.