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Scott:

Just one anecdotal comment for the moral: I helped create one of the
LEAST effective timelines I've ever seen in an exhibit while at another
institution. A geology curator an I converted a timeline of the Earth
into a 24 hour clock (not 12). Wow, were visitors confused. We managed
to take an already unfamilar set of concepts, make them more abstract
than than they already wer and present them in such an unusual format
that visitors may even have known less after their visit than they did
when they arrived. That part of the exhibit didn't last long enough for
the evaluators to point out its ineffectiveness. (Moral: Keep it simple
and familiar.)

Charlie

Charles Stout, Ph.D.
Media Arts Manager
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
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Subject: Timelines


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I am getting conflicting information regarding Timelines in exhibits.


Do visitors like timelines?

Do visitors connect/understand/read timelines?

What makes a successful timeline?

Are there papers, evaluations, etc., that you would recommend reading?



Thank you,
Scott

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