This chapter wants to show how museums and collections have been treated in recent historiographies of earth sciences as well as to examine the genesis, disappearance, and reemergence of museums and collections as spaces linked (or not) to knowledge production. It considers collections of minerals; rocks and fossils; and meteorites and gems; as well as inventories, books, and catalogues.

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Collections and Museums in the Historiography of the Earth Sciences

  • Irina Podgorny

摘要

This chapter wants to show how museums and collections have been treated in recent historiographies of earth sciences as well as to examine the genesis, disappearance, and reemergence of museums and collections as spaces linked (or not) to knowledge production. It considers collections of minerals; rocks and fossils; and meteorites and gems; as well as inventories, books, and catalogues.