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Here are a couple examples of guide maps given to
visitors, from the late 1980s, for Pittsburgh's
original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular
Science [a.k.a. in the 1980s as "Buhl Science
Center"]. The Buhl Planetarium and
Institute of Popular Science operated as Pittsburgh's
primary planetarium and physical sciences museum from
1939 through 1991, and as a tutorial center for
Carnegie Science Center science and computer classes
from 1991 through 1994.

Example 1 [1987 July] --
Front:
< http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/BuhlExplorer1.JPG
>

Rear: 
< http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/BuhlExplorer2.JPG
>

Example 2 [produced during Buhl's 50th anniversary
celebration in 1989] --

Front:
<
http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/BuhlExplorer50th-1.JPG
>

Rear:
<
http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/BuhlExplorer50th-2.JPG
>

gaw

--- Allan Ayres <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Date:         Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:26:31 -0800
> From:         Allan Ayres <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Wayfinding
> To:           [log in to unmask]

> Hi everyone,
> 
> This seems like a question that's probably been
> asked a million 
> times, but searching the archives turned up very few
> hits....
> 
> We're gearing up for our 40th anniversary next year,
> and one of the 
> projects is revamping our wayfinding systems on the
> floor.  (Or 
> possibly "inventing wayfinding systems for our
> floor" is closer to 
> the real situation... our building is notoriously
> hard to grok, and 
> our current 'wayfinding system' has become a real
> hodgepodge after 40 
> years.)
> 
> So, an open-ended query: can anyone suggest
> resources, starting 
> points, reading materials, experiences, best
> practices, consultants 
> you've used, etc, to help us embark on a wayfinding
> project?
> 
> Thanks for any guidance!
> 
> 
> -- 
> ~~
> 
> Allan Ayres
> Exhibit Developer
> Lawrence Hall of Science
> University of California, Berkeley
> Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
> [log in to unmask]
> 510-642-1254

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
NEWS - Astronomy, Space, Science:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.planetarium.cc > 
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago: 
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear: 
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com > 
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.incline.cc >


 
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