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Hi Paul and others reading this,

We have used real people's stories in many ways in our exhibit halls.  
One of my favorites is displaying objects created by real people, and 
then augmenting the educational content by allowing the contributors to 
tell their own stories, through captioned videos or text labels with 
audio.  We have a display of models created by local teenagers, with 
video and audio of the teens describing their works, in our permanent 
exhibition, Making Models.

Also, whenever possible, we seek out objects that can be touched, so 
that visitors can have a tactile experience of the object while reading 
or hearing about the person's connection to the object.

-Emily Robertson
Exhibit Developer
Museum of Science, Boston
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Paul Orselli wrote:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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> Has anyone seen, or used, novel way of integrating real people's  
> stories into interactive exhibitions?
>
> I'm looking for examples beyond full-scale photos with text panels,  
> or the ubiquitous "talking head" videos.
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Paul Orselli
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