Behind the Scenes at the Museum: Your Access-All-Areas Guide to the World's Most Amazing Museums

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Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Your Access-All-Areas Guide to the World's Most Amazing Museums

DK, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution

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DK Children
02 July 2020

Libraries, museums, schools (Children's&YA); Reference works (Children's&YA)

Series: DK Behind the Scenes

Backstage access to incredible historical artefacts and the people who look after them

Take an exclusive tour of the world's most exciting museums and discover their hidden treasures.

This behind-the-scenes guide showcases a huge range of incredible artefacts from history and reveals the hard work, care, and effort that goes into collecting, preserving, and storing them.

Ever wondered what happens to an astronaut's space suit after it's been worn on the Moon? Or how the world's most valuable diamond is looked after? Find out all about how museums work and the people that make it happen - from how historians care for Anne Frank's diary to what it takes to excavate and exhibit a wooly mammoth skeleton.

Behind the Scenes at the Museum gives you exclusive access to hidden objects that aren't normally on public display. It lets you into a world of animal specimens pickled in jars, priceless jewellery too valuable to be on display, and fragile papers that must be kept in carefully controlled conditions. Filled with incredible images, step-by-step explanations of exciting techniques, and job profiles of the people that make it happen, Behind the Scenes at the Museum offers unique, behind-the-curtain access to the secret delights of the world's most interesting museums.

By: DK
Contributions by: Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution
Imprint: DK Children
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 281mm, Width: 223mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 904g
ISBN: 9780241381762
ISBN 10: 0241381762
Series: DK Behind the Scenes
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 02 July 2020
Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Steve Martin works with museums to bring diverse histories to wider audiences. He is the author of five books. He has worked with the Black Cultural Archives, National Maritime Museum, the V&A, RAF Museum, Wellcome Trust, and many others. He provides workshops for heritage institutions and schools.