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This is an excellent collection of articles by many of our favorite writers and scientists. There are very useful suggestions and explanations on what factors are involved in making an educational museum a great one.
Amanda
http://discover.com/issues/nov-93
Ten Great Science Museums: National Air and Space Museum
By Buzz Aldrin
Ten Great Science Museums: American Museum of Natural History
By Diane Ackerman
Ten Great Science Museums: Carnegie Museum of Natural History
By John Edgar Wideman
Ten Great Science Museums: Exploratorium
By Alan Lightman
Ten Great Science Museums: Field Museum of Natural History
By Judith Stone
Ten Great Science Museums: Harvard University Museums of Cultural and Natural History
By Stephen Jay Gould
Ten Great Science Museums: South Kensington
By Oliver Sacks
Ten Great Science Museums: Liberty Science Center
By John McPhee
Ten Great Science Museums: Smithsonian
By Edward O. Wilson
Ten Great Science Museums: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
By Sue Hubbell
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Amanda Chesworth
Educational Director, CSICOP
http://www.csicop.org
Inquiring Minds Program
http://www.inquiringminds.org
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