TY - BOOK ID - 81283114 TI - Showcasing science PY - 2019 SN - 9789462982246 9789048532148 9048532140 9462982244 PB - Amsterdam DB - UniCat KW - History of the Netherlands KW - Teyler Museum [Haarlem] KW - anno 1800-1999 KW - Science museums KW - Science KW - Science centers KW - Museums KW - History KW - Teylers Museum KW - Teyler's Stichting, Haarlem. KW - Teylers Stichting. KW - Musée Teyler KW - Teyler Museum KW - Teylers Museum. KW - history of museums. KW - history of science. KW - scientific instruments. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:81283114 AB - Teylers Museum was founded in 1784 and soon thereafter became one of the most important centres of Dutch science. The Museum's first director, Martinus van Marum, famously had the world's largest electrostatic generator built and set up in Haarlem. This subsequently became the most prominent item in the Museum's world-class, publicly accessible, and constantly growing collections. These comprised scientific instruments, mineralogical and palaeontological specimens, prints, drawings, paintings, and coins. Van Marum's successors continued to uphold the institution's prestige and use the collections for research purposes, while it was increasingly perceived as an art museum by the public. In the early twentieth century, the Nobel Prize laureate Hendrik Antoon Lorentz was appointed head of the scientific instrument collection and conducted experiments on the Museum's premises. Showcasing Science: A History of Teylers Museum in the Nineteenth Century charts the history of Teylers Museum from its inception until Lorentz' tenure. From the vantage point of the Museum's scientific instrument collection, this book gives an analysis of the changing public role of Teylers Museum over the course of the nineteenth century. ER -