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Museums in Education

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IN NATURE of October 28 appeared a review of the Final Report of the Committee (British Association, Section L) on “Museums in Relation to Education,” in which it was stated that “our great public schools have some excellent museums, but there is little or no evidence that they are used in school teaching.” May I be allowed to point out that this sweeping indictment of incapacity or lack of imagination on the part of masters in public schools is not without exception?

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SHANN, E. Museums in Education. Nature 106, 344–345 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106344a0

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