Museographic transposition: The development of a museum exhibit on animal adaptations to darkness

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Museographic transposition : The development of a museum exhibit on animal adaptations to darkness. / Mortensen, Marianne Foss.

In: Éducation et Didactique, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2010, p. 119-137.

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Mortensen, MF 2010, 'Museographic transposition: The development of a museum exhibit on animal adaptations to darkness', Éducation et Didactique, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 119-137.

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Mortensen, M. F. (2010). Museographic transposition: The development of a museum exhibit on animal adaptations to darkness. Éducation et Didactique, 4(1), 119-137.

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Mortensen MF. Museographic transposition: The development of a museum exhibit on animal adaptations to darkness. Éducation et Didactique. 2010;4(1):119-137.

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Mortensen, Marianne Foss. / Museographic transposition : The development of a museum exhibit on animal adaptations to darkness. In: Éducation et Didactique. 2010 ; Vol. 4, No. 1. pp. 119-137.

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