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T he EcoTarium Story—Past, Present, and Future
Author(s) -
COLE PEGGY RUTH
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
curator: the museum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2151-6952
pISSN - 0011-3069
DOI - 10.1111/j.2151-6952.1998.tb00840.x
Subject(s) - exhibition , scope (computer science) , wildlife , natural (archaeology) , extension (predicate logic) , history , natural history , environmental ethics , visual arts , geography , media studies , ecology , sociology , art history , archaeology , art , computer science , biology , philosophy , programming language
This paper outlines the story of the country's second‐oldest natural history museum from its founding in 1825 to the present. Its history includes seven name changes reflecting the young society's struggle to survive, the changing cultural environment, and the extension of its audiences from the immediate Worcester neighborhood to the New England regional area. The article also reviews its scope from several cabinets of specimens to displays of wildlife, exhibitions about ecology, astronomy, and technology, along with comprehensive education programming.