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The Bridgeville Public Library, in suburban
Pittsburgh, uses a former railroad station and caboose
for their public library facility. Here is their web
site, which includes a photograph of both the railway
station and caboose:

<
http://www.bridgevillelibrary.org/ein/bridgevl/index.htm
>

gaw

--- Regan Forrest <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:10:37 -0000 
From: "Regan Forrest" <[log in to unmask]> 
Subject: School buses or similar as classroom /
activity spaces 
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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> 
> Hi,
>  
> I am looking for examples of Children's Museums /
> Science Centres who
> have expanded their available classroom / activity /
> school lunch eating
> space by including a converted school bus / railway
> carriage / whatever
> on their grounds.
>  
> Is this something you have done? What did you use
> and how did you get
> hold of it? How did you convert it and how much did
> it cost? How well
> does it work in practice? Is it something you'd
> recommend?
>  
> Please let me know your collective thoughts & wisdom
>  - off list to keep
> the traffic down - and I will post a synopsis of
> replies in due course.
>  
>  
> Thanks a lot!
>  
> 
> Ms Regan Forrest 
> Senior Consultant (Interpretation) 
> Haley Sharpe Design 
> 
> 11-15 Guildhall Lane 
> Leicester LE1 5FQ 
> United Kingdom 
> Tel: +44 (0) 116 242 9018 
> Fax: +44 (0) 116 291 8588 
> Email: [log in to unmask] 
> www.haleysharpe.com

gaw

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