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The Bear Creek Visitor's Center at Point Reyes National Seashore has a
very nice diorama exhibit. Some of the animals are "hidden" and you
need to look for them carefully.
Anna
On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Mike Levad wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> I am working on a wildlife diorama where visitors will be able to see
> taxidermied specimens of mammals, birds and reptiles that they might
> see
> while exploring Calaveras Big Trees State park. I was wondering if
> anyone
> has done anything where the goal was to get visitors to be careful
> observers?
>
> I did a workshop once in the AMNH rainforest section of their
> biodiversity
> hall where we given flashlights to focus our attention. It worked
> great
> because the exhibit was very dense and dimly lit to simulate the real
> light
> levels in the rain forests of Africa. The diorama I am working on
> will be
> much less densely populated and will be in a room with a significant
> amount
> of natural light.
>
> Any ideas you have seen that help visitors become careful observers
> would be
> welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
> Mike Levad
> Lead Exhibit Developer
> Split Rock Studios
> 2071 Gateway Blvd.
> Arden Hills, MN. 55112
> 651-631-2211xt.35
> 651-631-0707fax
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Anna Grace
Exhibit Coordinator
Explorit Science Center
2801 2nd Street (Main Public Site)
3141 5th Street (Mace Park Branch)
P.O. Box 1288 (mail address)
Davis, CA 95617
530.756.0191
fax 530.756.1227
http://www.explorit.org
We've expanded! Explorit's public exhibit gallery has moved to our new
site along I-80 which opened on September 23 at 2801 2nd St.. Learn
more about our Expanding the Explorit Experience project and on-going
capital campaign by visiting
http://www.explorit.org/expansion/index.html
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