Favorite example of extreme honesty in a visitor: The Exploratorium (very large interactive science museum in San Francisco, California) had an unexpected power outage one evening when open to the public. This dramatic situation of machines whirring to a stop, alarm bells droning on and emergency lights dimly illuminating the floor was heightened by the staff's responsibility to jump into the role of emergency evacuation team. I was on staff at that time, happened to be working that night and joined other colleagues in fanning out over the building to direct visitors to leave and show the way to the numerous exit doors which we propped wide open to allow the most efficient evacuation. While standing at the exit door, I was apologizing to visitors for the power outage and explaining that "No we really couldn't allow them to stay inside" just because they didn't mind playing with the exhibits in the dark, a young man approached with his friends to speak to me. A bit anxiously, he explained that he had been playing with an electricity exhibit that shows high voltage beads of plasma in a sealed glass vacuum chamber of rare gases. He confessed that he was responsible for the power outage because the lights went out just as he touched the glass tube. His deeply sincere contrition left me momentarily speechless but I recovered enough to reassure him that there was no possibility that the two phenomena were related and thanked him for bringing the matter to our attention. Claire Pillsbury Exhibit Developer Tech Museum of Innovation; San Jose, CA 95113 PH 408-279-7136, FAX 408-279-7197