> I can't believe none of you had issues with health
> departments and
> children handling animals.  Did you have wash stations?

We never had an issue with the Health Department. We worked with both the the Pittsburgh Conservatory-Aviary (located only two blocks from Buhl Planetarium--now the National Aviary) and the Penn State Cooperative Extension Service when we set-up the exhibit in 1983.

The Humane Officer did visit our exhibit twice. He saw the educational value of our exhibit, and he made a couple of suggestions which we implemented. 

We did not have wash stations. However, I did keep paper towels at the exhibit, just in case when a child was holding one of the chicks, the chick left the child with a little "gift."

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org >
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
  < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://incline.pghfree.net >
* Public Transit:
  < http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >


--- On Tue, 8/19/08, Aderman, Ella <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Aderman, Ella <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Fw: [MUSEUM-L] Looking for examples of "Novelty" used in exhibitions
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 2:36 PM
> I can't believe none of you had issues with health
> departments and
> children handling animals.  Did you have wash stations?
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Museum discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Gayle
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 7:59 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Fw: [MUSEUM-L] Looking for examples
> of "Novelty"
> used in exhibitions
> 
>  
> 
> We had one at the Museum of Science and Industry (now
> it's the
> California Science Center) here in LA.  It was a place of
> many field
> trips, and the chick hatcher was a place kids wanted to
> stay for hours
> (I know I did when I was just a chick)!
> 
>  
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Glenn A. Walsh <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 1:51:19 PM
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Fw: [MUSEUM-L] Looking for examples of
> "Novelty"
> used in exhibitions
> 
> Well, I am not sure whether you would consider this as a
> novelty, but it
> did get attention, particularly from younger children.
> 
> In 1983, I created a chick-hatching [and, occasionally,
> duckling-hatching] exhibit for Pittsburgh's original
> Buhl Planetarium
> and Institute of Popular Science. It quickly became one of
> the most
> popular exhibits in the building, particularly for young
> children.
> Seeing, feeding, petting, and holding the young birds was a
> way to get
> children interested in, and learn a little more about, the
> Life
> Sciences.
> 
> You can read more about this exhibit at this link:
> <
> http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/biocorner/historybiocorner.html
> >
> 
> gaw
> 
> Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
> Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org >
> Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
> SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
>   < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
> Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
> * Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
>   < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
> * Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
>   < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
> * Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
>   < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
> * Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
>   < http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com > 
> * Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
>   < http://incline.pghfree.net >
> * Public Transit:
>   < http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 8/18/08, Jes Koepfler
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > From: Jes Koepfler <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Looking for examples of
> "Novelty" used in
> exhibitions
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 3:47 PM
> > Hi there,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I am working on a chapter for a book about the use of
> > "novelty" in
> > exhibitions where novelty is defined as an attention
> > getter, or
> > new/flashy item/sound that draws a visitor into the
> > learning experience.
> > We are looking for examples of how those attention
> getters
> > help draw the
> > visitor in to the main idea (or conversely does a poor
> job
> > of that), or
> > how it aids in the learning process through behavioral
> > modifications
> > (i.e. every time you get the right answer a
> celebratory
> > sound goes off
> > like a slot machine, etc.), or navigates you through
> the
> > exhibition with
> > a purpose (such as the passport/ID card concept used
> at the
> > Holocaust
> > Museum, Spy Museum, Titanic travelling exhibition, and
> > others.) We're
> > also happy to have examples of novelty/attention
> getters
> > that contribute
> > in other ways. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > The chapter is for a book on how an understanding of
> > techniques used in
> > museum exhibitions and other free-choice learning
> > environments can
> > benefit educators in a formal setting when they
> evaluate
> > materials to
> > augment their curriculum - particularly digital
> materials.
> > We do not
> > want to limit the examples presented in the book to
> our
> > personal
> > experiences alone, so we are soliciting examples from
> > primarily science,
> > natural science, and technology institutions big and
> small
> > (although it
> > is not necessarily limited to those settings). If your
> > example is used
> > we can discuss recognition in the book that you feel
> is
> > most
> > appropriate.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Please reply off-list to [log in to unmask]
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Jes Koepfler | Research Associate
> > 
> > Institute for Learning Innovation
> > 
> > 410.956.5144 x134
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > ILI: Understanding, fostering, and promoting lifelong
> > learning
> > 
> > Find out more at www.ilinet.org
> > <http://www.ilinet.org/>



      

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