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Team on 02 June 2005
Medal for the man behind the Science
Museum
The Royal Academy of Engineering is to award its 2005 Public Promotion of Engineering Medal to the man behind the Science Museum, Dr Lindsay Sharp.
The Royal Academy of Engineering is to award its 2005 Public Promotion of Engineering Medal to the man behind the Science Museum, Dr Lindsay Sharp Lindsay Sharp has, throughout his life, exhibited a passion for interpreting and explaining major issues in science and engineering in education and social history
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 1 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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He is currently Director of the National Museum of Science and Industry, and couples championing the cause of dialogue between the public and the world of science and engineering with his curatorial responsibilities of the NMSI and its flagship, the Science Museum.
His early career in Australia, where he developed the hugely successful Powerhouse in Sydney, in the USA and, until 2000, at the Royal Ontario Museum equipped him well for the role of Director of the National Museum of Science and Industry.
He has brought that same passion, together with energy and imagination, to this group of museums and has taken full advantage of the momentum built by his predecessor in the role.
Dr Sharp says he deeply appreciates the leading role taken by The Royal Academy of Engineering in this field and, on behalf of the teams at NMSI's four museums - especially the Science Museum - welcomes the opportunity of working with the academy in this critical endeavour.
He will receive the medal from Dr Roger Highfield, Science Editor, and The Daily Telegraph on Thursday 2nd June at the academy's awards dinner in London for his work in the promotion of engineering, including the passion, energy and imagination he has brought to museums and the dialogue he has created between the public and the world of science and engineering.
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