| Developments in science and technology and the globalization of information presentation had also changed the museums audience. More people were attending further education, and consequently, more people were visiting museums and zoos. | ||
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“Other events suggested that the time had come for museums and perhaps the British Museum ( Natural History) especially to change the whole approach to the visiting public. The advance of science and the marvels of modern technology were dramatically brought home to the public in July 1969 by live television pictures of man first setting foot on the moon...
In 1969 Britain led the world in making a university level of education available to the ordinary man and woman, by founding, under Royal Charter, the open University...This was of particular relevance to the Museum with its difficult task of conveying complex biological and geological concepts to a wide variety of visitors” 9 |
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