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Henning,
        I'm intrigued and excited about the model you describe.
Too often we  separate science from the arts and other aspects
of life and treat them as totally unrelated.  It will be interesting
to see what you come up with.

        There have been many wonderful developments by artists
in residence at science centers.  The Exploratorium has long
been a model of this process.  Others have done it as well.

        One point of warning.  Make sure that the people you are
trying to attract to the museum can build a picture of who you
are and what you are about.  Most people know what an art
museum is... what  children's museums and natural history
museums are... and what a performing arts center is about...
but often when we create new concepts, our audiences don't
have a mental image of what they are getting into.   I have seen
a number of very creative places fail, because they couldn't
build an audience.  No one could clearly describe what they
were.  Word of mouth is important... when someone leaves
your facility and talks to a friend or neighbor they should be able
to sum up their experience in a sentence or two that paints a
picture for the other person and builds an expectation.

        I'm sure we'll all look forward to seeing the product of your
labors!

David

David Taylor
AHHA Museum Services
  "Now I Understand"
    (206) 363-8126
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http://www.AHHA-MuseumServices.com

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> From: Henning Eriksen <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Informal Science Education Network
> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 01:38:49 +0100
> Subject: New interactive activity centre in Stockholm Sweden
>
> We are a small group of people working towards starting a new kind of
> interactive "science center" outside Stockholm in Sweden. Without going into
> too much detail here I can say that we will use the methods and thoughts
> from "normal" science centres, but will present music, theatre, art,
> literature and philosophy instead of the usual natural sciences and
> technology. So far our concept is very well received by all who has seen the
> details. We have tons of ideas and a pretty good idea of where we want to
> go, but are still a little confused about the road from here to there...
>
> I have been following this list for quite a while and am throwing out this
> bait to see if any of you out there would care to give us a little advice
> and perhaps point out a few (obvious) resources that we may have missed. If
> you are interested I can describe more in detail what we want to achieve,
> but that discussion I'd rather take off list.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Henning Eriksen
> [log in to unmask]

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