The Chicago Historical Society has a hands-on room exploring issues like
mail order catalogs, fur trading posts, and (the big hit in my experience
bringing in kids) radio sound effects. Their website is www.chicagohs.org.




At 09:44 AM 01/24/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>I'm going to be giving a presentation about current practices in discovery
>rooms.  In doing my research, I have noticed two things that stand out to
>me.  First, there is not necessarily an accepted definition of what a
>discovery room is and what it should be used for.  Second, discovery rooms
>seem to be limited primarily to science museums, zoos or natural history
>museums.  I would love to hear what you think about these two findings, what
>you consider to be the definition of a discovery room, and if you have a
>discovery room at your museum--what have been the struggles/successes.
>Finally, is there any recent literature that you have seen on the topic.  I
>have found some, however, much of it is dated.
>
>Thank you in advance for your input.
>
>Jennifer
>
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