van Mensch P
Reinwardt Academie, Dapperstraat 315, 1093BS Amsterdam.
Gewina. 2000;23(3):193-206.
At present 28% of the Dutch museums belongs to the group of museums of science and technology. During the second half of the twentieth century this group has developed from a small number of rather general museums into a large number of small and highly specialized museums with an emphasis on transport and crafts. Most of the new museums are collection rather than community oriented. They are about technological progress, while only a few discuss social and environmental issues. Considering the huge number of science museums it is remarkable that science centres never became popular. The two most important science centres (Evoluon at Eindhoven and newMetropolis/Nemo at Amsterdam) can hardly be described in terms of resounding success. Nevertheless, the (international) science centre movement did have its impact on the development of Dutch science museums. Whereas the young specialized museums remain quite traditional, the old general museums have eagerly adopted new methods of communication and are in the process of profiling themselves as real centres of science education.
目前，28%的荷兰博物馆属于科技博物馆类别。在20世纪下半叶，这类博物馆已从少数较为综合的博物馆发展成为大量小型且高度专业化的博物馆，重点在于交通和手工艺。大多数新博物馆以藏品为导向，而非以社区为导向。它们关注技术进步，而仅有少数探讨社会和环境问题。鉴于科学博物馆数量众多，科学中心却从未流行起来，这颇为引人注目。两个最重要的科学中心（埃因霍温的埃弗洛恩科学中心和阿姆斯特丹的新大都会/尼莫科学中心）很难说是取得了巨大成功。尽管如此，（国际）科学中心运动确实对荷兰科学博物馆的发展产生了影响。年轻的专业化博物馆依然相当传统，而老牌的综合博物馆则积极采用新的传播方式，并正在将自己塑造成为真正的科学教育中心。
