01022nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100002200043245006000065856006200125300001200187520067500199022001400874       2004                            d1 aMichel Van Praët00aSciences et patrimoine naturel: l´intangible au musée  uhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/extart?codigo=3260720  a115-1223 aThe question of the relationship between museums and intangible heritage has been debated ever since natural heritage was introduced into the field of interest of museums and natural parks in the 19th century. Rather than address the various accepted meanings of the concept of natural heritage it encompasses here, both the restricted definitions focused on the protection of living species, as well as definitions that extend to human societies and their practices in various environments emphasis will be placed on the extent to which museums of natural history and more largely science museums have been affected and transformed by the concept of intangible heritage  a0304-3002