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Hi Nina,

Rather than quote some outside source, (great quotes so far by the  
way), I chose to quote our Exhibition Guidelines document.  I put  
together some of the guidelines for our exhibits into one quote.   
(There are many more.)

At Explorit, we strive to help people learn “how to discover”.  A  
great exhibit must engage people’s involvement by asking questions  
rather than by making statements, require that participants be able  
to exercise exploratory and creative behaviors, and include  
opportunities for visitors to leave their mark in an exhibit activity  
by adding to it in some way.

This may all sound very familiar today, but it wasn't in 1986 when it  
was written.

Anna
To
On Nov 13, 2007, at 11:29 AM, Nina Simon wrote:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology  
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> ASTC-ers,
>
> I'm working on a simple tutorial/exhibition in Second Life for non- 
> museum folks to give them some information about how museum exhibit  
> designers think about designing interactive experiences.  For one  
> portion, I'm creating a "quote wall" with ideas from exhibit and  
> program designers all over the world, and I'd love your input.
>
> So please, respond to this email with your answer to the question:
>
> What makes a great interactive exhibit?
>
>
> And if you want to be acknowledged by name, please include your  
> name and institution.
>
> Thanks, and look forward to being famous in the metaverse!
>
> Nina Simon
>
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__________________________________
Anna Grace
Exhibit Coordinator

Our mission: "To involve people in science experiences that touch our  
lives."

Explorit Science Center
2801 2nd Street (Main Public Site)
3141 5th Street (Mace Park Branch)
P.O. Box 1288 (mailing address)
Davis, CA 95617
530.756.0191
fax 530.756.1227
http://www.explorit.org

Explorit has been growing into our new site along I-80 which opened  
on September 23, 2006 at 2801 2nd St..  Learn more about our  
Expanding the Explorit Experience project and on-going capital  
campaign at http://www.explorit.org/expansion/index.html and upcoming  
events at http://www.explorit.org/calendar.html.




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