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Yes from the Museum of Science, Boston

Toni Dancu wrote:

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>Hello colleagues,
>
>*At your institution, do you currently have any "immersive" exhibits (single
>exhibits, not entire exhibitions)? *
>
>We are defining an exhibit as *immersive* if it incorporates *any, not
>necessarily all*, of the following design characteristics:
>    a. *Vertical surround*: Aspects of the exhibit extend over the visitor's
>head or under the visitor's feet. Examples include larger-than-life
>walk-through exhibits like the heart at the Franklin institute and exhibits
>that you crawl inside, such as caves and coal mines.
>    b. *Horizontal surround*: Aspects of the exhibit extend behind the
>visitor's back (literally). Examples include exhibits that you enter into,
>such as a cave, but not exhibits that you walk through, such as a tunnel at
>an aquarium.
>    c. *Kinesthetic Involvement*: Enables the use of the visitor's whole
>body to navigate/explore the space or to investigate and explore a
>phenomenon  (this is beyond walking through on a flat floor/stairs or
>sitting in a chair). Examples include crawling through a maze or casting
>colored shadows of your body on a wall, but not exhibits where visitors
>simply walk through a space.
>*
>We're just looking for a "yes" or "no" response.  If you could, please reply
>by January 28th.
>*
>Thank you very much for your time,
>
>Toni
>
>
>  
>

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