材料科學－“金屬工業”主題展示廳更新研究

This museum's exhibit on ”The Metals Industry” has been open to the public for a year now. This exhibit deals mainly with the metals among engineering materials, and it has received largely negative responses from both visitors and museum staff since it was first show. Thus we fell it is necessary to conduct an unofficial study on whether the exhibit should be replaced. Comments from the public indicate that one reason they do not particularly like the exhibit is its relatively small size. It covers some 2300 sq.m. of space and includes a limited number of exhibits. One possible solution to the problem could there be to give it more space and enlarge the scope of the exhibit. Still, we should check to see if there are better ways to improve the exhibit. Some consideration might be given to making the topic ”Material Science”, but before doing so we would need to understand just what exactly is meant by this title. ”Material Science” is defined by the American Institute of Science as production know-how and applied know-how, research into the make-up, construction and finishing of material to give them certain properties and uses. Thus material science is an applied science which covers the production, processing, adjustment, finishing and application of materials and all related know-how and technology. Material science can be further subdivided into topics such as metals, ceramics, alloys and compounds, and those who follow the electronics industry would argue that semiconductors should be included as well. Here we will take a look at each of these categories and examine its significance. At present two exhibits in the National Science and Technology Museum touch on this subject area: ”The Metals Industry” and ”Plastics and Rubber”. The former covers metal materials, and the latter non-metal materials. But non-metals also includes ceramics, compounds and other materials which are not fully represented in displays around the museum. For example, there are side exhibits on compounds and ceramics in the ”Aviation and Space” exhibit, but those fall short of being systematic introductions to the materials. Similarly, semiconductors are given only passing looks in the exhibits in the ”Electronics” section of the museum. Naturally it is not up to an individual or a handful of people to decide whether a permanent exhibit should be changed, especially for a museum which has been open only for a year or two. Changing a permanent exhibit is a very serious matter. No official studies have been made on this topic, and here we are only examining the contents of the exhibits to make a general evaluation. The results of this evaluation (depending on its contents) should be discussed in detail, and if a change or partial change is called for, then development of a new topic can be initiated. Development of a topic includes determining a name for the exhibit and defining the contents of its displays. The museum currently does not have enough professional personnel to carry out such a task and would need to enlist the help of various agencies and organizations from outside. Once the topic for an exhibit has been determined planning can get underway for the design and development of its contents. The total amount of time for a changeover including evaluation, planning, design and production should be less than three years. This is far from an overnight process, and it is a matter which needs to be approached with the utmost concern in order to avoid wasting time and resources and to stay within any timeframes which may be established.

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