The Association of Science-Technology Centers, an international nonprofit
association of science centers, has a report, Communicating Controversy: Science
Museums and Issues Education by the Issues Laboratory Collaborative (1995), that
addresses presenting controversial issues in science museums. The report
indicates that, despite recent events in the museum field, the public is
increasingly willing for museums to display exhibits on controversial subjects,
as long as the museum shows both sides of the issue. Communicating Controversy
provides the results of the survey as well as important information on how
museums can examine controversial issues without themselves becoming the focus
of the controversy.

Publication #83
$15; $12 to members

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relevant to science museums or to see descriptions of ASTC's traveling
exhibitions, please visit our website, www.astc.org/astc.

-Steve

Steve Eichner           Association of Science-Technology Centers
Research Analyst                               Washington, DC USA
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