Challenges of an exhibit on nanoscience and nanotechnology

• Main Authors: Sandra Murriello, Djana Contier, Marcelo Knobel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sissa Medialab 2006-12-01
• Series: JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
• Subjects: Science centers and museums; Images and representations of science and technology
• Online Access: http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/05/04/Jcom0504%282006%29A01/Jcom0504%282006%29A01.pdf

This article presents some of the challenges faced in developing an interactive exhibit on nanoscience and nanotechnology in Brazil. Presenting a scientific-technological area which is still in formation and which is little known by the population leads to a (re)consideration of the role of museums and science centers in the conformation and consolidation of scientific practice itself. Museographically, the exhibit deals with the challenge of making matter visible in an expression which is distant from the human perception. Some reflections are presented here on the option of musealization chosen which come from a broader evaluation of the exhibit.