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A search of the research database in informalscience.org on dioramas  
yielded the following result which may be worth tracking down...

Pol, E., & Asensio, M. (1995). Professional opinions about diorama  
effectiveness. St. Paul, MN: Paper presented at the 1995 Visitor  
Studies Conference.
Author(s): Pol, Elena; Asensio, Mikel

Learning Environment: Museum/Natural,




On Jan 20, 2006, at 1:12 PM, Paul Orselli wrote:

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> Sara,
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> One place to start might be The Field Museum in Chicago.  The folks  
> there made an effort to "reinvent" the traditional notions of dioramas
> and did some interesting stuff, and audience research as well, I  
> believe.
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> On Jan 20, 2006, at 12:10 PM, Sara DeAngelis wrote:
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>> We’re considering including several small diorama-like exhibits  
>> our new
>> natural science exhibition.  Our team has a lot of questions about  
>> impact of
>> dioramas, costs, etc.
>>
>> 1) Is anyone aware of audience research how visitors interact with
>> traditional or enhanced dioramas?  For museums who have added to  
>> traditional
>> dioramas what has been the change in interaction and or learning?  
>> What
>> enhancements to traditional dioramas have been most effective in  
>> engaging
>> families?
>>
>> 2) How does one go about estimating the cost for a diorama?  What  
>> is the
>> range of costs associated with different types of rendering?   
>> We’ve seen a
>> lot of different types of renderings out there!
>>
>> 3) Is there such a think as a “green” diorama?
>>
>> 4) How does one go about prototyping a diorama without building  
>> one?  Are
>> there museums out there that have small de-installed dioramas that  
>> could be
>> borrowed or sold that we could then adapt in our prototyping.
>>
>> Lots of questions!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sara
>>
>>
>>
>> Sara DeAngelis
>> Project Manager/Lead Exhibit Developer
>> Brooklyn Children’s Museum
>> 145 Brooklyn Ave.
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