David PantalonyCurator, Physical Sciences and MedicineCanada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa
Provenance and the Role of the Public Museum:
How the Life Stories of Artifacts Challenge Traditional Accounts of
Science and History
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS
Historic spectrograph
University of Saskatchewan
Chair of PhysicsDr. Chary Rangacharyulu
Part of the Herzberg Spectrograph from 1936, University of Saskatchewan
Tracing the Niobium supply chain
MRI machine in storage at the Canada Science and Technology Museum
starting at 69.615,00 EUR19 % VAT incl.excl. Shipping Costs
Body Worlds and the plastinate bodies by
Gunther von Hagens
Theratron Junior, ser. no. 15, 1956.Atomic Energy of Canada LimitedCSTM artifact no. 1966.0043
Students visit the former Atomic Energy of Canada
production plant in Ottawa. It was in operation
from 1954 – 1965.
(right) Oral history at Laperriere site
with former machinist and service technician, Al Crandell,
Dec 8, 2009
(left) Theratron Juniors in
production at AECL factory c. 1960
High Commissioner for India inspects Theratron Junior during visit to Ottawa in 1958
Selling Canada at the Seattle World’s Fair, 1962
Photos by National Film Board (NFB) still photographer, Chris Lund
National Film Board photostory on Seattle, 1962
“Canadian Science and Industry Serving Mankind”
Peaceful message, rockets for scientific research
Ideals and reality
Theratron Junior, serial no. 15 installed at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Binghampton, New York in 1957.
Conclusions