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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2024-06-27 human Helen Cohn updated 2024-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007408b.htm corporateBody Museum of Applied Science State of Victoria AACR2 Institute of Applied Science 1961 1971 1945 1971 Start Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Museum History of Australian Engineering History of Australian Technology Collection Management The Museum of Applied Science began in 1945, the successor of the industrial and technological Museum. In the post-WWII era greater public emphasis was given to industry and technology as the basis for a prosperous and expanding economy. The Board of Trustees was successful in securing increased staffing and funding for the Museum, although space continued to be a problem. New and expanded displays positioned the Museum as an interpreter of new knowledge, while it worked with other organisations to promote scientific values and acceptance of new materials. This period saw a rapid expansion of the collections. Among the Museum's innovations was the establishment of the Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory. In 1961 a considerable philanthropic donation from the family of industrialist H. V. McKay provided funds for a planetarium (which opened in 1965). Between 1961 and 1971 the Museum was styled the Institute of Applied Science: in 1971 it became the Science Museum of Victoria.

Directors:
Edgar Penrose 1945 - 1951
Charles Focken 1951 - 1961
R. Hindle Fowler 1962 - 1971

 Industrial and Technological Museum, Colony and State of Victoria (1870 - 1945) Fowler, Richard Hindle (1910 - 1996)

Director, Institute of Applied Science 1962 - 1971

 Focken, Charles Melbourne (1901 - 1978)

Director 1951 - 1961

 Bermingham, Anne (1925? - )

Chemist 1952 - 1971

 Science Museum of Victoria (1971 - 1983) 'Museum of Applied Science', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Museum of Applied Science Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: The McKay Collection Dale. Liza The McKay Collection Carlton North, Vic. Scribe Publications 2001 A Museum for the people: a History of Museum Victoria and its predecessor institutions, 1854-2000 Rasmussen, Carolyn 271-3 Book: Descriptive catalogue of the collection of firearms in the Museum of Applied Science Penrose, E. H. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of firearms in the Museum of Applied Science Melbourne Trustees of the National Museum of Victoria 1949 Journal Article: Radiocarbon dating laboratory Focken, C. M. Radiocarbon dating laboratory 1960 Australian journal of science 23 127-8 Book: A Museum for the people: a History of Museum Victoria and its predecessor institutions, 1854-2000 Rasmussen, Carolyn et al. A Museum for the people: a History of Museum Victoria and its predecessor institutions, 1854-2000 Carlton North, Victoria Scribe Publications 2001