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Hello,

At Explorit we have a well-developed, outreach program with vans 
traveling to schools or community centers. Educators unpack bins of 
activities in classrooms and auditoriums, thus transforming the room 
into a science center for a day.

What I want to know about it is outreach programs where the model is 
a bus/ trailer/truck brought to a school and the visitors tromp in- a 
museum on wheels. This way the exhibit is there for a longer time so 
that more people can experience it . It would also allow us to 
introduce items that are too heavy for an educator to unload.

I know of some examples such as Crocker Art Museum's "Art Ark" and 
the LA Natural History Museum's themed buses. Are there any other 
great examples that I should investigate? Have you or other museums 
considered them? Tried them? Abandoned them?

You can post to the list, or directly to me.

Thanks in advance for sharing your wisdom!

Tabatha Bruce
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Tabatha Bruce
Exhibit Developer,
Education Specialist,
SCIENCE Committee Coordinator


Explorit Science Center
3141 5th Street
P.O. Box 1288
Davis, CA 95617-1288
530.756.0191
fax 530.756.1227
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http://www.explorit.org


Explorit's expanding!  Read more about the four gallery spaces, how 
the building connects to Explorit's current site and when 
construction will begin at 
http://www.explorit.org/expansion/index.html.  Think it.  Try it. 
Explorit.

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