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At the request of the-then President of Pittsburgh's
Buhl Planetarium, Josh Whetzel, in May of 1983 I
created (and served as Curator for four years) the
BioCorner Embryology Exhibit where chicks (and
occasionally ducklings) were hatched before the
public's eyes each weekend. Here is a web page, from
my History of Buhl Planetarium web site, that fully
describes this very popular exhibit:

<
http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/biocorner/historybiocorner.html
>

gaw

--- martin weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Date:         Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:49:10 -0500
> From:         martin weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Birds in exhibitions
> To:           [log in to unmask]
> 
> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of
> Science-Technology Centers
> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums
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> 	Has anyone had experience including live birds in
> science 
> museum exhibitions? I am interested in husbandry
> issues, visitor and 
> staff reactions (positive and negative) and any
> evaluations.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Martin
> -- 
> Martin Weiss, Ph.D
> Vice President, Science
> New York Hall of Science
> 47-01 111 th Street
> Corona, New York 11368
> 718 699 0005 x 356

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh
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NEWS - Astronomy, Space, Science:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.planetarium.cc > 
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago: 
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear: 
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com > 
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.incline.cc >

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