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I know this isn't going to go over very well but feel compelled to share 
my opinion anyway. Especially as I read everyone else's ideas of 
photosynthesis exhibits.....

As Manager of Interpretation and Exhibits at The Morton Arboretum in 
Lisle, IL, I was part of the team developing a 4-acre children's garden. 
We struggled with depicting photosynthesis and looked a many ways other 
gardens and museums presented this very complex process. In the end, after 
a couple of years of back and forth arguing and experimenting, we decided 
that some processes are better demonstrated using other media...that an 
exhibition is probably not the right method for explaining this process. 
As the garden was not designed to have full-time explainers on hand to 
help visitors understand what they experienced, we decided not to create 
an exhibit that tried to show photosynthesis. 

I am still convinced that not all processes are appropriate for self-
directed exhibitions. This may be one of those processes. 

I hope you find a good solution to this problem.

Diane Gutenkauf
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On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 17:58:17 +0100, Olle Nordberg 
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>Excuse crosspostings.
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>Is there anyone out in exhibit land who has made or seen a good exhibit on
>photosynthesis?
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>We are planning to rebuild our forestry exhibition and need to cover this
>topic.
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>Regards
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>Olle
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