Hi Kari
Over the last 15 years I have been designing Children's Museum's and have
recently started my 22 one. We have designed several types but the most
recent was the Imagine Museum in Everett Washington. There are several
pictures of it on my web page.
1 at the first title screen hit any where on the main picture.
2 at the next page select Museums
3. At this screen scroll down to the 6th logo for the Imagine Museum and
select it.
4. At the first screen after it loads all plans select the Roof Plan (last
one)
5. This sheet will show how we designed interactive exhibitry and a play
structure on the roof. The Dino Dig is in the left of the plan view and
several pictures of my concept plan and final as built exhibit looks.
The Dino Dig area has several sit down shovels diggers and many embedded
fossils under the (ground up rubber brown & tan) dirt. There are also
several caves with fossils and a real paleontologist camp office with many
old tools of the trade. Lots of things to search for and find plus the
stegosaurus is designed for kids to actually climb on. 
The majority of the exhibit is made of wire frame and concrete. It is 36
feet by 43 feet is size.

William M. Greaves AIA, NCARB
President
Architects iN Design
1232 Wivenhoe Court
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454
http://www.architectsindesign.com
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1(757) 496-6489 phone/fax


> [Original Message]
> From: Kari Carlisle <[log in to unmask]>
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> Date: 3/30/2006 12:55:43 PM
> Subject: children's hands-on exhibits
>
> Hello, everyone. Our archaeology museum currently has no interaction and
> nothing at all geared toward young people. I would like to add one or
> two small, easy interactive exhibits in the short term, and create a
> large "kids discovery area" in the next couple of years. I'm in the very
> beginning stages of planning and have done internet searches, Museum-L
> archive searches, and looked for books on the subject. Surprisingly,
> I've come up pretty dry. If you have any ideas for exhibits, any advice,
> any resources, any examples, any anything, please let me know. Thanks!
>
> Kari Carlisle
> Museum Curator
> Fremont Indian State Park and Museum
> (435) 527-4631
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