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Love the something happens when you give. Wow and wonder for science museums
is perfect.
I've always thought it would be funny [and yes, inappropriate] to do an
"adopt an exhibit" approach. Have a donation box next to a
bedraggled-looking exhibit.
Maria
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curator: http://www.sfmobilemuseum.org/
blog: http://sfmobilemuseum.blogspot.com/
work: http://www.gyroscopeinc.com
blog: http://museums-now.blogspot.com/
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Ed Sobey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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> I think any donation box that reacts to a donation will be successful. We
> added sound recordings to a 6' long fiberglass shark so when people put
> money into the mouth, "Jaws" would play or the shark would say something.
> It
> was hugely successful. We later added a vortex disk for donations and as
> successful as it was, it didn't detract from the shark's success.
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> Ed
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> Ed Sobey, Ph.D.
> Global Evangelist* for Creative Learning
> Northwest Invention Center
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> www.nrg-exhibits.com
> www.kidsinvent.com
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