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Sara,

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
>
>
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> Sara DeAngelis
> Project Manager/Lead Exhibit Developer
> Brooklyn Children’s Museum
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