Hello -



We have 3 older exhibits that we are retiring, free to a good home.  They
would all need refurbishment to some degree.  Any one who is interested in
taking them off our hands may have them free of charge.  Transportation
would be your responsibility.  The exhibits are described in brief below -
if you have specific questions let me know and I'll try to track down the
answers.  Thank you, Lindsey




WHEELS AT WORK




Wheels at Work is an exhibit that consists of six components: Pulleys,
Gears, A Horizontal Water Wheel, A Vertical Water Wheel, A Weight Lifting
Machine, and a Program Cart.

The two waterwheels require access to water and a drain for changing water
periodically.

The exhibit requires a minimum of 500 square feet.

A 120 volt power feed from above is required to operate the Horizontal
Water Wheel.

No lighting is supplied with the exhibit.

It is packed in 8 crates.





HOW MOVIES MOVE



How Movies Move is an exhibit that explains in non-technical terms, the
phenomenon of persistence of vision and how people have employed this
optical illusion in movies and such.

It consists of four stations: Thaumatropes (string twirling discs),
Zoetropes(drums in which paper strips make moving pictures),
Phenakistascopes (twirling discs with slots that make moving pictures) and a
hand crank movie machine station.

The exhibit requires a minimum of 250 square feet.

One central 120 volt power feed from above is necessary to power the exhibit
and its lighting. Additional lighting for graphics is necessary.

It is supplied in 4 crates.





WAVES AND VIBRATIONS



The Waves and Vibrations exhibit consists of seven stations explaining the
fundamentals of periodic motion: a Pendulum Wall, a Wave Machine, a Very
Small Waves Table, a Soap Film Waves Table, a Bubble Shadows Station, a Wave
Patterns in Water Table, and a Bubble Dome Station.

The exhibit has 2 stations that are dry and 5 that require water or soap
solution.

Each unit is supplied with its own specific task lighting. Additional
lighting is required for text and graphics.

A 120 volt power feed is required for each station from above.

The exhibit requires a minimum of 750 square feet of floor space.

It is supplied in 12 crates.





Lindsey Richardson

Collections Manager

Boston Children's Museum

300 Congress Street

Boston, MA  02210

Tel. 617 426 6500 x366

Fax 617 426 1944

www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org




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