Describes the development of an international co-publishing project for children's illustrated books in Socialist countries. Discusses an international biennial public exhibition of children's books from socialist countries that is presented by the Biennial of Illustrations, Brastislava (BIB). (NH)

Describes Cheers for Years, an educational fair organized to provide accurate and timely information about older adults. It also provided realistic experiential learning experiences for preprofessional adult educators. (JOW)

The Caring for Planet Earth program addresses concerns and misconceptions of Oklahoma youth about the environment. A school enrichment curriculum reinforces the environmental content of the exhibit at the state fair. Pre-/posttest results verify it is an effective method of educating culturally diverse audiences about environmental issues. (SK)

Describes the design and exhibits of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Located in Washington, DC, the museum was mandated by Congress and dedicated to revealing the truth of this event in history. (MDH)

Observed visitors (n=154) to a science museum discovery space as they interacted freely with the exhibits. Reports that attraction levels were highest for exhibits with concrete presentations, holding power was highest for exhibits with high interaction and concrete presentation, and engagement levels were highest for high interaction exhibits.…

Data on curatorial budgets and hiring practices of the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum of Natural History since 1970 are discussed relative to those of academic departments in the College of Biological Sciences. Concludes that a natural history museum is best viewed and administered as a university resource and responsibility rather than as…

Discusses the Association of Systematics Collections' efforts to provide programs and resources to help institutions meet the challenge of maintaining natural history collections. (MDH)

This article suggests that one way to involve the viewer of a museum exhibition in the balance between accessibility and scholarship is to approach the exhibition not so much as a lecture but as a conversation. References research done on the differences between male and female styles of communication. (LZ)

Responds to controversies over the 1992 New York exhibit by the National Museum of the American Indian. Discusses the museum's role as institution of living culture rather than exhibitor of "artifacts" or scientific specimens, the exhibit's aim of promoting intercultural dialog, and the right to define one's own cultural identity as a…

Discusses incorporating interactive multimedia into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Presents examples of interactive exhibits from other museums and suggests ideas for the Hall of Fame to pursue: simulations of batting, signal use, and umpiring; a quiz show; a visitor poll; CD-ROM software; and an interactive database.…

Provides a range of practical suggestions and experiential advice for organizing a science exposition. Presents three case studies of school expos. (CCM)

Mounted by the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, in 1993, and traveling nationally thereafter, the exhibit Memory and Mourning provided historical and contemporary perspectives to help museum guests explore their own reactions to loss and grief. In the process the exhibit's development team encountered a range of philosophical, historical,…

In this article, the author discusses the key to successful art exhibition, which rests in the knowledge and skills of students from experiencing it first-hand. Over a period of years, a variety of exhibiting experiences are required in order for students to acquire a full spectrum of possibilities. They need to immerse themselves in various…

A models and modelling approach was adopted to investigate the educational potential of a science museum exhibition. It focused on patterns of relationship between the teaching models proposed by designers and students models in regard to four exhibits concerning astronomical cycles. Student's models were elicited by interviewing 21 pupils…