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Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute
of Popular Science, used as Pittsburgh's primary
science and technology museum from 1939 to 1991, did
have a Workshop on the Lower Level, off of the
Mezzanine, where exhibit components were repaired,
maintained, and sometimes constructed.

gaw

--- Paul Orselli <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Date:         Tue, 13 May 2008 14:12:40 -0400
> From:         Paul Orselli <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Does Your Museum Have A Workshop?
> To:           [log in to unmask]
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> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of
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> For an article I'm writing about museum buildings
> and exhibit  
> development, I'm trying to get responses from people
> about whether the  
> museum they work for (or museums they've helped
> create) have exhibit  
> workshops (that is, staff-only spaces dedicated to
> building and  
> repairing exhibit components.)
> 
> You can view this post for context:
> <http://blog.orselli.net/>
> 
> Feel free to respond on or off list, or via the blog
> comments section.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
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gaw

Glenn A. Walsh
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
  < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://incline.pghfree.net >
* Public Transit:
  < http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >


      

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