Art in Science Museums

Camilla Rossi-Linnemann is currently International Partnership Coordinator at the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, where she focuses on international projects and collaborations for visitor engagement and cultural diplomacy, especially based on the interrelation between science, technology and art. Giulia de Martini is currently Head of Research at TheFabLab, a digital manufacturing laboratory, where she studies the impact of innovation in society and spreads awareness about the technological and human competences involved in the fourth industrial revolution, focusing on the connections between different fields of knowledge.

Introduction: the post-disciplinary museum; 1. Premise; 1.1 How art contributed to the public image of science; 1.2 Making meaning with Art, Science and Technology; 2. Art as a narrative tool: seeing the unseen; 2.1 A house of collaboration: investigating the intersections of art and biomedicine; 2.2 Sophia’s Whale and the Hypercubic Showcase of Sudden Comprehension; 2.3 In the Spirit of Enquiry; 2.4 Context, collaboration and contemporary culture; 2.5 Case studies; 3. Art for science education and enquiry: patterns of thinking; 3.1 The Exploratorium: Art as Inquiry; 3.2 Art Thinking; 3.3 Art as ingredient for meaningful science learning; 3.4 Answering the unasked questions; 3.5 Case studies; 4. Art, inclusion, controversy and imagination: from facts to values; 4.1 Criticality, Imagination and Interaction: A new basis for Art Science Curation; 4.2 Shifting meaning, shifting contracts – Biological arts and evolving museum ethics; 4.3 Decolonising natural history museums through contemporary art; 4.4 Case studies; Conclusions - The Post Disciplinary Museum