Joel,

For making bubble "assemblies", you may want to contact the Chicago
Children's Museum. They had several large bubble trays with rubber
matting on the floor.

Anita Van Harten Cater
Washington, DC
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On Fri, 15 Dec 1995, Joel Clark wrote:

> Hi All.
>
> We are working on an exhibit showing how soap films form minimal surfaces and
> in general would like to illustrate math concepts using soap bubbles.  Will
> you help us by telling us what exhibits exist at other museums, especially
> having mathematics connections?
>
> We would like to contact those places for advice on devices for making
> particular bubble "assemblies", controlling evaporation, handling the mess if
> visitors handle bubbles, how to form difficult surfaces such as Costas-Hoffman
> minimal surface.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Joel Clark
> Science Center of Connecticut
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