ALISON HESS
Biographic Data
| ID | 8750686 |
|---|---|
| NAME | ALISON HESS |
| GIVEN NAMES | ALISON |
| FAMILY NAME | HESS |
| SIGNATURE | HESS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Science Museum |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Problem or opportunity? A museological review of accessible museum storage
Exploring Emotion, Care, and Enthusiasm in “Unloved” Museum Collections
"Exploring Emotion Care and Enthusiasm in “Unloved" Museum Collections
"Exploring Emotion, Care, and Enthusiasm in “Unloved" Museum Collections
Exploring Emotion, Care, and Enthusiasm in Unloved Museum Collections
Unlocking the Meanings of Collections: Expertise, Care, and the Science Museum’s Locks and Fastenings Collection
Authenticity, alterations and museum objects: A close encounter with 2LO, the BBC's first radio transmitter
In 1922, the BBC broadcast its first radio programme using a hastily improved transmitter with the call sign 2LO. Over 90 years later, this transmitter was acquired by the Science Museum and moved to its storerooms in Kensington. There is no dispute that this is the same transmitter, an 'icon of broadcasting history', but under closer inspection it was clear that it had also changed in many ways. Through a close encounter with the 2LO transmitter…
Object-love at the Science Museum: Cultural Geographies of Museum Storerooms
The field of museum geography is taking on new significance as geographers and museum-studies scholars make sense of the spatial relations between the people, things, practices and buildings that make and remake museums. In order to strengthen this spatial interest in museums, this paper makes important connections between recent work in cultural geography and museum studies on love, materiality and the museum effect. This paper marks a departure…
London's Olympic waterscape: Capturing Transition
The waterways of London are an essential component of the city, with the River Thames playing a prominent role in the heritage, history and identity of place. The upcoming 2012 Olympics are highlighting the Lea Valley waterways in east London as another important part of London’s waterscape, expanding London’s global presence as a ‘water city’. As part of the Creative Campus Initiative, we undertook a project based on the broad themes of water, L…
Object-love at the Science Museum: Cultural Geographies of Museum Storerooms
The field of museum geography is taking on new significance as geographers and museum-studies scholars make sense of the spatial relations between the people, things, practices and buildings that make and remake museums. In order to strengthen this spatial interest in museums, this paper makes important connections between recent work in cultural geography and museum studies on love, materiality and the museum effect. This paper marks a departure…
London's Olympic waterscape: Capturing Transition
The waterways of London are an essential component of the city, with the River Thames playing a prominent role in the heritage, history and identity of place. The upcoming 2012 Olympics are highlighting the Lea Valley waterways in east London as another important part of London’s waterscape, expanding London’s global presence as a ‘water city’. As part of the Creative Campus Initiative, we undertook a project based on the broad themes of water, L…
London's Olympic waterscape: Capturing Transition
The waterways of London are an essential component of the city, with the River Thames playing a prominent role in the heritage, history and identity of place. The upcoming 2012 Olympics are highlighting the Lea Valley waterways in east London as another important part of London’s waterscape, expanding London’s global presence as a ‘water city’. As part of the Creative Campus Initiative, we undertook a project based on the broad themes of water, L…
Object-love at the Science Museum: Cultural Geographies of Museum Storerooms
The field of museum geography is taking on new significance as geographers and museum-studies scholars make sense of the spatial relations between the people, things, practices and buildings that make and remake museums. In order to strengthen this spatial interest in museums, this paper makes important connections between recent work in cultural geography and museum studies on love, materiality and the museum effect. This paper marks a departure…
Authenticity, alterations and museum objects: A close encounter with 2LO, the BBC's first radio transmitter
In 1922, the BBC broadcast its first radio programme using a hastily improved transmitter with the call sign 2LO. Over 90 years later, this transmitter was acquired by the Science Museum and moved to its storerooms in Kensington. There is no dispute that this is the same transmitter, an 'icon of broadcasting history', but under closer inspection it was clear that it had also changed in many ways. Through a close encounter with the 2LO transmitter…
Exploring Emotion, Care, and Enthusiasm in “Unloved” Museum Collections
"Exploring Emotion Care and Enthusiasm in “Unloved" Museum Collections
"Exploring Emotion, Care, and Enthusiasm in “Unloved" Museum Collections
Exploring Emotion, Care, and Enthusiasm in Unloved Museum Collections
Unlocking the Meanings of Collections: Expertise, Care, and the Science Museum’s Locks and Fastenings Collection
Problem or opportunity? A museological review of accessible museum storage
Museums and Cultural Heritage (6 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Enthusiasm (3 works) · History (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 works)