Describes programs, primarily in science, in Carlisle and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (SP)

Author describes the architecture of Rochester Institute of Technology, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, and the Denver Art Museum. (MB)

Describes a privately financed science center, museum and planetarium - observatory in Twin Falls, Idaho. Centers three hour program includes a lecture on archaeology, time to look at displays, a lunch break, and a planetarium lecture. (RB)

Account of exhibits in major U. S. Museums and the Pan American University. List of artists in the vanguard of Latin American art in 15 countries. Illustrated. (VW)

Describes the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, giving particular attention to its outstanding collection of Japanese artifacts. The exhibit contains a wide variety of household arts and crafts, as well as sketches by Edward S. Morse showing daily life in nineteenth century Japan. (AM)

Express-Ways, a children's art center in the Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, involves children in drawing, writing poetry, designing labels, working with kaleidoscopes, matching skin color, and doing rubbings. School groups are given special workshops designed to extend the concepts of the exhibit into the classroom. (Author/KC)

The Art Enrichment Program for intermediate-grade gifted students, developed at the University of Texas, bases its core and curriculum on museum exhibitions. The author describes various program components, including selection of students, program activities, the special sketchbook, publications used for the program, program cost, and program…

The Alabama Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, the world's largest rocket and space museum, includes displays illustrating American rocket history, exhibits and demonstrations on rocketry principles and experiences, and simulations of space travel. A new project includes an integrated recreational-educational complex, described in the three…

Describes the facilities and programs of two major hands-on learning centers for children: the Capitol Children's Museum in Washington, D.C. and Sesame Place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Computer-oriented activities are emphasized. A table describing several other hands-on learning centers accompanies the text. (JL)

Designed to effectively display Northwest Coast Indian artifacts, the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology evokes the form and spirit of the old Indian villages. Available from: Architectural Record, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, $5.00 single copy. (Author/MLF)

This study proposed to determine if time-based learning-associated visitor behaviors at interactive science museums differ across weekend/weekday groups and family/nonfamily groups. Results separate weekday visitors into two distinct groups: family visitors spent more time per exhibit than did nonfamily visitors. Conversely, weekend family and…

Investigates the effect of seven different scientific inquiry activities on visitors' understanding of the science underlying an interactive exhibit. Findings indicate that the interpretation activity was the most effective in facilitating visitors' understanding and the prediction activity was the least effective. Other findings are discussed and…

Describes how the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, faced with cuts in state funds, is eliminating the jobs of eight tenured museum-research professors. (EV)

A British project helps drug addicts and exoffenders regain a sense of meaning and purpose through exposure to the arts. After visiting galleries, participants create personal museums expressing their individual vision. (SK)

Discussion of museums that take advantage of the Internet's format options for electronic presentation. Provides a list of 248 museums and galleries around the world that are making use of World Wide Web or Gopher servers, lists 4 recent pertinent articles, and lists 8 online directories. (Author/LRW)