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The local geologist 14: Museums, geology and the National Curriculum
Author(s) -
SLADEN SUE
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1995.tb00915.x
Subject(s) - geologist , geology , archaeology , historical geology , curriculum , connection (principal bundle) , mining engineering , paleontology , history , structural geology , engineering , law , political science , structural engineering
Museums may not be the first place that people think of in connection with a scientific specialism such as geology. They are more frequently associated with the study of history: the Victorians, the Romans, Ancient Egypt. This popular misconception is not, however, based on fact; the Doughty Report of the early 1980s showed that there are around 300 museums in Britain with geology collections just waiting to be used.