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Opening comment

This first line has got to go: "In essence, the museum began as a place where these men could store and display skins and other trophies of their travels to Africa and Asia."

That's like saying, "after a rich and storied history all we have left once everything has been sold off are a bunch of trophies. We are going to completely ignore the everything else."

Early history needs a bit beefing up. Read "In essence, the museum began as a place where these men could store and display skins and other trophies of their travels to Africa and Asia.

Read " THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY by Johnson, Richard I" for starters. MBCF (talk) 23:53, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cloud chamber

In the historical exhibits section: "In the 1950s, a small cloud chamber was featured in the main entrance hall. Visitors could come within inches of radioactive material to watch the vapor trails of the particles they emitted."

--I was at the museum yesterday and there was an operating cloud chamber on display (not in the main entrance hall). This isn't very "historical". 192.52.61.205 (talk) 17:48, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested Move or Rename

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Page moved. Note that the oppose and support opinions agree on a target that is different from what was nominated. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:12, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The name of this museum isn't "Museum of Science, Boston". It's simply "Museum of Science". There are no other prominent museums with that name, at least none that come up on a Google search. This should be moved to Museum of Science, and a hatnote should point people to the current redirect target of Science museum, or the list of science museums, or both. Or, at the very least, the page should be moved to something along the lines of Museum of Science (Boston). Opinions? --UsaSatsui (talk) 01:41, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

With no discussion here, I'm gonna go ahead and request the move. --UsaSatsui (talk) 03:33, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Museum of Science, Boston → Museum of Science — Neither "Museum of Science, Boston" nor "Boston Museum of Science" are the name of the museum, it's simply "Museum of Science". No other major science museum goes by this name. The article title should match the name of the museum. --UsaSatsui (talk) 03:33, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Museum of Science" sounds like it could be about such museums in general. ^{Carl
aude:Talk} 08:28, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. If we want to change it, under wikipedia naming convention it should be Museum of Science (Boston) ... which I find already exists, and redirects to this article, so perhaps the naming convention isn't what I think it is. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 13:45, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As I mentioned above, a move to Museum of Science (Boston) would be fine by me. Regardless of where it's moved to, though, hatnotes can direct people to the proper place. I'm just concerned about this title being wrong, which "right" title it gets moved to doesn't concern me much. --UsaSatsui (talk) 17:22, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support move to Museum of Science (Boston) over redirect. – ukexpat (talk) 17:31, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Museum of Science (Boston). The article name should reflect the official name, but "Museum of Science" is too generic a name to distinguish the Boston museum from any other. Tevildo (talk) 21:25, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose but support move to Museum of Science (Boston)- DavidWBrooks (talk) 22:21, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Move to Museum of Science (Boston). Abductive (reasoning) 06:15, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose use Museum of Science (Boston) insetad. "Museum of Science" is overly horridly generic and name of various science museums across the world 76.66.197.2 (talk) 15:33, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I think the move to Museum of Science is pretty much dead by this point anyways, but I would point out that there are not any other science museums called just "Museum of Science". I checked. --UsaSatsui (talk) 20:30, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, certainly not the only museum of science, so the redirect of Museum of Science to science museum is sill most appropriate. I would support Museum of Science (Boston). --Labattblueboy (talk) 21:24, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Beaver

There is no context for the beaver picture, while I agree it is from the museum of science in Boston, it isn't on this page for any particular reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.1.94.188 (talk) 23:08, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Wildlife section" unnecessary?

Is the "Wildlife section" section really necessary? It consists entirely of three unsourced sentences and a somewhat random picture of a beaver. Chris (talk) 22:13, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're quite correct - it looks like a joke. How did we miss it? I've removed it. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 03:54, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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What's the name of the topic?

The article title is Museum of Science (Boston).
The logo in the legend says Museum of Science.
The legend is captioned Museum of Science, Boston.
Section "WWII" sentence one calls it Boston Museum of Science.

Until we're told which one is right, all are wrong.

Isn't the museum itself refereeing this article? If not, why? We want to continually improve Wikipedia.

Jimlue (talk) 22:16, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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External links

"The museum's current Science & Technology Center": link is not "current" (last post was in 2008) and can't be found on the live MOS website. Unless there are objections, I'd suggest deleting. Geoffhunt3 (talk) 21:24, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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