Describes the Howard B. Owens Science Center at Prince George's County (Maryland) Schools, which concentrates advanced equipment and highly trained teachers to give visiting students and teachers hands-on experiences they cannot get in the classroom. The center boasts computer-controlled rocketry, laboratories, exhibits, and lectures introducing…

As part of their facilities, the Department of Art Education at the University of New Mexico created an exhibition gallery open to both the academic community and the general public. The formation and program of the university-based art gallery is described. (RM)

A qualitative study determined which factors in the museum exhibit environment or within the museum visitor may influence the visitor to attend an exhibit. Observations and interviews were conducted of 14 groups that visited a Chesapeake & Ohio steam locomotive at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. An inductive or grounded theory…

An exhibit, "Common Ground: The Heart of Community," tells the story of Japanese Americans in the United States as an example of a vibrant ethnic group that survived hard times and continue to stay together. The exhibit is housed in the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles (California). This paper describes and…

Describes the major exhibits to be found in Jacques Cousteau's Living Sea Museum, which is located aboard the Queen Mary at Long Beach, California. It is described as a museum of the mind and senses, since the exhibits demand imagination and the use of sight, hearing, touch, and smell. (JR)

Describes an exhibition sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring hundreds of spirals to observe, which toured 38 neighborhoods in the five boroughs of New York City in 18 months, relying on community support and extension. (JM)

Notes professional growth of John Sloane and cites examples of his work. (DS)

Highlights science/technology activities/exhibits at five museums. These include Wilmington College Peace Resource Center (Ohio), Peace Museum (Chicago), Computer Museum (Marlboro, MA), Smithsonian Institution (discussing a seven-part television series on Smithsonian exhibits), and Association of Science and Technology Centers' traveling exhibit…

The San Francisco Exploratorium is an unconventional science museum serving as a science laboratory for the Schools in the Exploratorium (SITE) program. SITE's focus is to work with classes once a week for five to eight weeks. Teachers and students both learn from the innovative hands-on experience and new concepts and new ways to teach are…

Reviews past studies on research in natural history museums and science centers, proposes a taxonomy of exhibits in museum settings, and focuses attention of factors which should be considered when studying/learning in these settings. Also presents potentially productive methods of conceptualizing research and suggests possible future lines of…

The New Haven (Connecticut) public school system has been successful in involving parents in their children's reading instruction through several activities: (1) reading project exhibits; (2) Parents' Center, where parents meet to discuss educational concerns; (3) parent brochures; (4) parent tutors; (5) home-school book projects; and (6)…

A microcomputer fair held during homecoming and in conjunction with the opening of the ISU Microcomputer Learning Facility resulted in an unprecedented explosion of interest and buying. The store was also selling computer books, supplies, and software. (Author/MLW)

Describes an art exhibit in the Delaware Art Museum designed to give children physical, aesthetic experiences with light, motion, sound, and space. The exhibit used electronic sculptures to create an environment in which children could see their voices and body energies projected in light forms. (AM)

Presents the author's speech delivered at the Second Moscow Book Fair in 1979 and excerpts from her diary of the trip. (HOD)

Criticism is offered concerning the biases of exhibits in science and technology centers provided by industries. Some are said to promote the activities of the industry and ignore the chance to challenge visitors by presenting balanced information. (SA)