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Seems to me that there is an apples and oranges problem here.  The exhibits Marjorie Schwarzer lists — the MSI coal mine, Holocaust Museum, etc. — are complex assemblages of may components.  So for example the Holocaust Museum itself includes advanced technologies as one tool for telling the story.  There is no way to compare that type of exhibit to a single component such as computers or video projectors.  Those are sub-components that allow us all to be better story tellers, but they are not exhibits by themselves.  So maybe that is the answer to your student's question:  the term "technology-based exhibit" has no real meaning.  The great majority of exhibits today incorporate technology as a tool.  

> During the discussion afterward, one student asked if there were any technology-based exhibits that were also considered influential.  I thought of Science on a Sphere, which is popping up in several science centers, and the AMNH biodiversity hall which has a computerized ID system that has received a lot of attention.  But for the most part, no, and I came up with three reasons:
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