By James Mansell ‘A Chamber of Noise Horrors’: sound, technology and the museum By Phillip Roberts Philip Carpenter and the convergence of science and entertainment in the early-nineteenth century instrument trade By Ken Arnold Review: The Return of Curiosity, by Nicholas Thomas By Ceri Pitches Threading through history: the vertical transmission of Davy, Faraday and Tyndall’s lecture demonstration practices By Jaume Sastre-Juan Pilgrimages to the museums of the new age: appropriating European industrial museums in New York City (1927-1937) By Jane Gregory Problem/science/society By R G W Anderson and Sandra Bicknell Obituary: Brian Bracegirdle (1933-2015) at the Science Museum By Jean-Francois Gauvin Functionless: science museums and the display of 'pure objects' By Tim Boon Editorial By Helen Graham The ‘co’ in co-production: Museums, community participation and Science and Technology Studies
