Exhibit: "Mind your Head? 100 years of Psychology in Britain" (Science Museum: London, UK)
Forwarded to HISTNEUR-L from CHEIRON. Russell Johnson --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:07:11 -0600 From: Benjamin Harris <harrisb@UWP.EDU> Subject: Mind your Head? [New Exhibit at the Science Museum, London] Sender: Society for the History of the Social and Behavioral Sciences <CHEIRON@YORKU.CA> Mind your Head? 100 years of Psychology in Britain has been created to mark the centenary of The British Psychological Society. Established in 1901 by 10 people, the BPS now has more than 34,000 members. This is the first time that the Science Museum has seriously committed itself to illustrating the history of psychology. Stories, Tools and Puzzles Mind your Head? tells the story of British psychology by depicting the tools psychologists have used to solve the puzzle of the mind. One section of the exhibition recreates a psychological laboratory from the early 1990s. Hans Eysenck's 'Biosignal Laboratory' illustrates how stories, puzzles and tools interact in psychological research. The exhibition can be found in Glimpses of Medical History, on the fourth floor of the Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London. It has been curated by Dr Geoff Bunn, Associate Curator of Psychology. g.bunn@nmsi.ac.uk Psychology in Britain: Historical Essays and Personal Reflections (ed. G.C. Bunn, A.D. Lovie and G.D. Richards) is published in conjunction with the exhibition by the British Psychological Society in association with the Science Museum. ISBN 1854333321. The British Psychology Society: http://www.bps.org.uk The Science Museum: http://www.nmsi.ac.uk Exhibit dates: January 19, 2001 - December 31, 2001 --- End Forwarded Message ---