Table of Contents

Introduction, Sue Dale Tunnicliffe, London (UK) & Annette Scheersoi, Bonn (D).- I. History and Features of Natural History Dioramas.- I.1 History of Dioramas, Claudia Kamcke, Braunschweig, & Rainer Hutterer, Bonn (D).- I.2 Dioramas as historical documents, Rainer Hutterer, Bonn (D).- I.3 A window on the world – wildlife dioramas, Pat Morris, Ascot (US).- I.4 Dioramas as constructs of reality: Art, photography, and the discursive space, Geraldine Howie (UK).- I.5 James Perry Wilson: Shifting paradigms of natural history diorama painting, Michael Anderson, Yale (US).- II. Resurrecting and Modern Dioramas.- II.1 Dioramas in Natural History Museum – Tools for nature conservation, John Borg, Mdina (MT).- II.2 Using technology to deepen and extend visitor’s interaction with dioramas, Mark Loveland, Barbara Buckley & Edys Quellmalz, WestEd (US).- II.3 Displaying Ecological Landscapes by Dioramas - an example provided by Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Ximin Kang, Zhejiang (CHN).- II.4 Conservative restoration and reconstruction of historical Natural History Dioramas, Mareike Munsch, Hartmut Schmiese, Aleksandra Angelov, Gunnar Riedel & Jörn Köhler, Darmstadt (D).- III. Learning at dioramas.- III.1 Dioramas as important tools in biological education, Sue Dale Tunnicliffe & Annette Scheersoi.- III.2 Catching the visitor’s interest, Annette Scheersoi.- III. 3 Naming and narratives at dioramas, Sue Dale Tunnicliffe.- III.4 The evolution of the narrative at natural history dioramas, Alix Cotumaggio, New York (US).- III.5 Imaginary places: Museum visitor perceptions of habitat dioramas, Phaedra Livingstone, Oregon (US).- III.6 Habitat dioramas and sense of place: Factors linked tovisitors’ feelings about the natural places portrayed in dioramas, Cecilia Garibay & Eric D. Gyllenhaal, Chicago (US).- III.7 The Human connection: Enactors and the facilitated diorama experience, Kathleen Tinworth, Denver (US).- III.8 Storytelling and performance in diorama galleries, Keith Dunmall, Birchington on Sea (UK).- III.9 The diorama as a means for biodiversity education, Martha Marandino, Sao Paolo (Brazil), Marianne Achiam, Copenhagen (DK) & Adriano Oliveira, Sao Paolo (Brazil).- III.10 Interpreting through drawings, Edward Mifsud, Malta (MT).- Conclusion, Michael Reiss, London (UK).