Vol. 12 • supplement • 2005 – Sciences and Museums

ANALYSIS The sciences and education in museums at the close of the nineteenth centur Maria Margaret Lopes andSandra Elena Murriello  abstract  The personal context of a museum experience: similarities and differences between science and art museums Adriana Mortara Almeida  abstract  Museums and families: the perceptions and behavior of children and their families at children’s exhibits Denise C. Studart  abstract  Science museums and psychology: interactivity, experimentation, and context Dominique Colinvaux  abstract  The stimulated recall method: a research tool applicable to learning at science museums Douglas Falcão and John Gilbert  abstract  Learning science from museums John H. Falk and Martin Storksdieck  abstract  Lessons without limit: how free-choice learning is transforming science and technology education Lynn D. Dierking  abstract  Educational research and the production of knowledge at science museums Martha Marandino  abstract  Museums, science, and education: new challenges Maria Esther Valente, Sibele Cazelli and Fátima Alves  abstract  Collectors of historical, archeological, and natural science objects at municipal museums in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, during the 1950s María Alejandra Pupio  abstract  The passing eye: museums, public education, and the visualization of scientific evidence Irina Podgorny  abstract  4th SCIENCE CENTRE WORLD CONGRESS DOSSIER Science, society and science centres Ann Mintz  text in english The science centre movement in Índia: a conspectus Ingit K. Mukhopadhyay  text in english The “total” museum, a tool for social changel Jorge Wagensberg  text in english SCIENCES AND MUSEUMS Belo Horizonte’s Museum of Arts and Trades: after all, how are museums born? Interview with Pierre Catel by Luciana Sepúlveda Köptche  abstract  The Museum of Morphological Sciences: a different place at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Maria das Graças Ribeiro  abstract  INTERVIEWS Three views from overseas: the museum as a setting for educational outreach in the sciences Interview with Michel Van Praet, J ean Davallon and Daniel Jacobi by Luciana Sepúlveda Köptche and Luisa Massarani text in portuguese RESEARCH NOTE Communication and reception research: a theoretical-methodological approach to museums Marília Xavier Cury  abstract  Clashes between nature and culture in the implementation of the Ilha Grande Ecomuseum Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos  abstract  Lights, art, science – action! Thelma Lopes  abstract  NETWORKS Latin American science museums and equity Julia Tagüeña  abstract