Here are a couple examples of museum guides from the
late 1980s for Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium
and Institute of Popular Science [a.k.a. in the 1980s
as "Buhl Science Center"], which include facility
maps. The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular
Science operated as Pittsburgh's primary planetarium
and physical sciences museum from 1939 through 1991,
and as a tutorial center for Carnegie Science Center
science and computer classes from 1991 through 1994.
Example 1 [1987 July] --
Front:
< http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/BuhlExplorer1.JPG
>
Rear:
< http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/BuhlExplorer2.JPG
>
Example 2 [produced during Buhl's 50th anniversary
celebration in 1989] --
Front:
<
http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/BuhlExplorer50th-1.JPG
>
Rear:
<
http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/BuhlExplorer50th-2.JPG
>
> Also: What size paper is used: letter, legal,
> special.
The maps were printed on legal-sized paper.
> 3. If you have a map, is it is a brochure format
> (tri-fold, quad-fold,
> etc) or single sided?
It was one-sheet printed on both sides [with the map
on one side], but not folded.
Hope this helps!
gaw
--- "Terry, Ruth" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 15:51:42 -0600
> From: "Terry, Ruth" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Facility Maps
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Hello,
>
> I am doing a little informal (which may lead to more
> formal) research
> about how different museums, especially those with
> hands-on exhibits,
> inform their visitors about the layout of their
> facilities and I have a
> couple of questions.
>
> 1. Does your facility use a map? If so, how is that
> map formatted: by
> levels, exhibit halls, rough three dimensions on a
> flat plane, etc.
> Also: What size paper is used: letter, legal,
> special.
>
> 2. Does your facility use a map board; a sign of the
> level, floor, etc
> posted on that particular floor?
>
> 3. If you have a map, is it is a brochure format
> (tri-fold, quad-fold,
> etc) or single sided?
>
> We are in the process of growth and diversification
> (as most of us in
> the business are) and there is the possibility that
> we may need to
> change our current map format. I'd like to see what
> is generally used
> in the community and what observations people have
> about their visitors
> interacting with the maps.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ruth Terry
> Visitor Service Supervisor
> McWane Science Center
> 200 19th St North
> Birmingham, AL 35203
> 205-714-8335
> www.mcwane.org
gaw
Glenn A. Walsh
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
< http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
< http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries:
< http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com >
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh:
< http://incline.pghfree.net >
* Public Transit:
< http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >
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