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Hello Friends ~
Just an FYI update: Joyce Berman is now our Board Chair and I am now serving
as Executive Director. If you require additional information in updating our
ASTC membership please let me know.
Bob Reeeves
Executive Director
Science Factory
Children's Museum & Planetarium
2300 Leo Harris Parkway
Eugene, OR 97440
(541)682-7885
(541)682-7887 (Direct)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Informal Science Education Network
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Glenn A. Walsh
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:51 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: museums that display working historical technology?
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Pittsburgh's Duquesne Incline is a system of rapid
transportation that originated in 1877 and continues
to use the original cable cars and hoisting apparatus.
We consider it a working museum, and visitors can
actually go down and view the historic hoisting
equipment in operation.
Here is the web site:
< http://www.incline.cc >
gaw
--- Sue Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 14:33:57 -0700
> From: Sue Allen <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: museums that display working historical
> technology?
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of
> Science-Technology Centers
> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums
> and related institutions.
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> Hi all,
>
> Do you know any museums that have technological
> artifacts (especially
> cars / planes etc) that they display in working
> order, or even let
> visitors use? A colleague is doing an international
> study on the
> issues around this, from the maintenance angle as
> well as the visitor
> experience side.
>
> Thanks for any pointers to museums or people....
> Sue
>
> Sue Allen, Ph.D.
> Director of Visitor Research & Evaluation
> Exploratorium
> 3601 Lyon St
> San Francisco, CA 94123
> Phone: 415-353-0471
> Fax: 415-561-0370
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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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