You wrote: this is a message from Judy White who was one of the
creators of discovery museums in US and then did same at National Zoo.
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>  The book that I edited, Snakes, Snails and History Tales, would be a
good
>  place to start. It is all about the different discovery rooms at the
>  Smithsonian, and also describes what to think about when starting a
>  discovery room.  The book is available from AAM and ASTC.  It is not
very
>  expensive.  Also, the folks at the Melbourne Zoo used to know about
>  discovery rooms.  However, there have been a number of staff changes
>  there.  Probably the person to contact there is Gaye Hamilton.  I
think
>  she is now assistant director.  Let me know if you have further
questions
>  about all of this.
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