At 06:29 PM 1/31/97 GMT, you wrote:
>...not Exhibit Disasters, which would another topic entirely (start it!)
>
>What science/natural history museum exhibits about natural disasters exist?
>Is there a central index where I could look up this kind of question
>without pestering the collective intelligence of museum-l?
>
>-Jim
>
The Humanities Exchange, Largo, Florida (813)581-7328 puts out a quarterly
Traveling Exhibition Database
Informal Science, Inc, Washington, D.C. 202-362-5823, publishes a booklet on
traveling exhibits.
The California Academy of Sciences has an exhibit with shake table on the
1906 earthquake.  While people also have fun on it, the exhibit begins with
a video with voice-over so it is seen not just as a fun "ride"

Anthony E.Kerwin
Curator of Exhibits
Pacific Northwest Museum of Natural History
1500 E. Main St.
Ashland, OR 97520