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Hi Michelle!

I'm glad to hear things are going forward with prototyping for the
exhibit!  How exciting!

The Exploratorium has a couple of sextant exhibits for sale.  Here are
the URL's:

http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibit_services/exhibits/b/
body_sextant.html
and
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibit_services/exhibits/s/sextant.html

Hopefully there is someone on the list who can comment on these.
Perhaps you can contact someone in SanFrancisco and see if there are
evaluations to go along with these components.

If I see anything else, i'll forward it on!

Matthew Wenger
Flandrau Science Center
University of Arizona, Tucson


On Mar 29, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Michelle Nichols wrote:

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> Anyone know of any museum that may have done an interactive exhibit
> element on the workings of a sextant?  We're curious to get any
> feedback
> on such a thing, if it has been done before.  We're hoping to include
> one
> in a planned exhibit about the Copernican Revolution (earth-centered to
> sun-centered universe; time period 1550-1850) and would like to avoid
> any
> previous pitfalls, if possible - we're working on our prototype right
> now
> & will be testing with visitors, but would appreciate any additional
> information.
>
> Thanks, in advance!  Replies off-list are fine.
>
> Michelle
>
> Michelle Nichols, Senior Educator
> Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
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