Informal science education (ISE) is a popular pursuit, with millions of people visiting science
museums, science centres, zoos, botanic gardens, aquaria, science festivals and more …

Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning explores how some people are excluded
from science education and communication. Taking the role of science in society as a …

This book explores how museums, galleries and heritage sites of all kinds, through the
narratives they construct and publicly present, can shape the moral and political climate …

Queering the Museum develops a queer analysis of the ways in which museums construct
themselves, their core business, and their publics through the, often unconscious, use of …

It is widely agreed that there is a need to increase and widen science participation. Informal
science learning environments (ISLEs), such as science museums, may provide valuable …

It is commonly assumed that the reason many young people do not participate in informal
STEM education (ISE) is because they lack interest in STEM. This paper draws on survey …

Science education has a seemingly intractable gender problem and remains largely the
reserve of White, middle-class men and boys, especially in the physical sciences. In this …

In recent years non-fiction history programmes have flourished on television. This
interdisciplinary study of history programming identifies and examines different genres …

All museums are sex museums. In Sex Museums, Jennifer Tyburczy takes a hard look at the
formation of Western sexuality—particularly how categories of sexual normalcy and …

Museums, Sexuality, and Gender Activism examines the role of exhibitionary institutions in
representing LGBTQ+ people, cisgender women, and nonbinary individuals. Considering …