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Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (1939 to 1991) started a "Weather Bureau" exhibit, including readings from actual weather instruments on the building roof, in the 1940s. Click the following link to learn more about the "Weather Bureau" and other weather exhibits at the original Buhl Planetarium:

< http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/Buhlexhibits.htm#weather >

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org >
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 >


--- On Thu, 4/23/09, martin weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: martin weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Request for information
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 2:34 PM
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> A request from a colleague:
> 
> We want to have a weather station where visitors can try
> their hand at predicting the weather using real data and see
> how various sensors and computer models play a critical
> role. I’d hate to develop something like this in a vacuum,
> since I’m sure there are models out there and good advice
> people could give us. Has anyone worked on such an exhibit,
> or seen good examples? How are existing exhibits working for
> visitors? Has anyone done evaluation they’d be willing to
> share? We will have people on the floor at set times to help
> visitors, but the station needs to work on its own at other
> times.
> 
> Replies to this list, me or Eileen Campbell<[log in to unmask]>
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Martin
> ______________________________
> ______________________________
> Martin Weiss, PhD
> Science Interpretation Consultant
> New York Hall of Science
> mweiss at nyscience dot org


      

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