MEMORY TRAVELING EXHIBITION From a demonstration of the firing of a single neuron in the brain to recalling childhood memories to witnessing actual brain dissections, Memory, a major new traveling exhibition developed by the Exploratorium, is now available for rental through 2004. There can be no doubt of the overwhelming importance of memory in our individual lives. We spend much of our waking lives remembering. Our ability to perform the simplest tasks relies on remembering what to do and how to do it. Our very sense of who we are rests largely in remembering where we've been, whom we've known, what we've done, and how we've felt. This exhibition explores these ideas and the equally important notion that memory is constantly changing and reshaping the way we understand our world. As we continually relive and reshape past experience, we also reshape the ways in which we perceive and understand ourselves and the world around us. The exhibition, made possible by the National Science Foundation and the Met Life Foundation, is reflective of both personal experience and new breakthroughs in cognitive science. Over thirty-five hands on exhibits, artworks, images, sounds, and even smells and tastes demonstrate and depict the fascinating subject of human memory: its biological, psychological and cultural dimensions. In the exhibition, you can play Hoop Nightmares, a wacky basketball game that temporarily alters your body's memory of how to throw a ball. In Jukebox Memories, you can find out which top tunes of the past forty years stir your memories. Test your memory for smells and tastes, spatial relationships, or even the way things feel. Find out why your memory can hold on to thousands of facts, words, pictures, and even complicated arguments and explanations, yet stumble over a simple name or phone number. Learn why legal experts have gotten more skeptical about eyewitness testimony, and why many psychologists question "recovered" memories. By experiencing the powers and limitations of your own memory within the exhibition, your can begin to understand what memory is and how it works. For more information on availability and price, please contact Jackie Venegas (415) 353-0445, [log in to unmask] or visit Memory on the web at http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibit_services (Look under traveling exhibitions). -- Jackie Venegas Traveling Exhibition Coordinator Exhibit Services The Exploratorium 415 353 0445 telephone 415 353 0433 facsimile [log in to unmask] www.exploratorium.edu ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).