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The Museum of Science, Boston is looking for co-presenters for a panel on 
"visitors and broken exhibits" for the 2006 ASTC annual conference. This 
panel would discuss how exhibit maintenance departments can incorporate 
visitor feedback into its daily operations.  The Museum is currently 
conducting a visitor research study examining visitor 
perceptions of broken exhibits, and we think this information will be useful 
for the field. We are also interested in learning how other museums 
incorporate visitor comments and concerns into its exhibit operations.

We are looking for co-presenters who have conducted visitor research 
relating to different aspects of broken exhibits, or who have developed 
mechanisms for integrating on-going visitor feedback into exhibit 
operations. In this panel, we were hoping to include the perspectives of the 
visitor researchers who conducted the study/ gathered the feedback and the 
maitenance staff who applied the findings. 

If you have a project that you think would contribute to this discussion, 
and you would like to present it next year, please contact me off this 
listserv. The due date is fast approaching, so the sooner you contact me the 
better.

-- Liz Kunz

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Elizabeth Kunz
Senior Research/Evaluation Assistant
Research Department
Museum of Science, Boston
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phone: (617)589-0467
http://www.mos.org
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