ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the public side of science communication as it occurs in science museum exhibits, which remain some of the most popular and wide-reaching sites for scientific ideas to reach the public - 95 million visits were made to science museums worldwide in 2013 alone. It examines the shifting landscape of informal science museum rhetoric through a pair of climate change exhibits the author visited in London and Paris in 2012 while on a two-month tour through European science museums. By embracing the uncertainty and complexity of questions of value and policy as well as the political controversies that attend them, Cameron's liquid museum re-situates the visitor as a subject able to act creatively. Some modern science museums, specifically those that exhibit topics relevant to public policy in the public sphere, have begun to move visitors up the chain of stases. When done well, these exhibits include moments where the uncertainty inherent in policy questions is left wide open.
