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Investigation of Exhibit Characteristics at Natural History Museums  

Shin, Myeong-Kyeong (Chungbuk National University, Education Research Institute)
Lee, Chang-Zin (Chungbuk National University, Education Research Institute)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.24, no.4, 2003 , pp. 281-289 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to isolate characteristics of exhibits particularly considering educational perspectives and effectiveness in attracting the attention of visitors in famous Natural History Museums. The target exhibits were selected from the Natural History museum in London, the Australian Museum in Sydney, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. A total of 107 sample exhibits used in this study from these four museums were selected as representative solid earth science education related exhibitions including fossils, geological history, and minerals. For the investigation, this study developed a checklist with seven items based on reviewing previous literature and articles pertaining to exhibit characteristics of natural history museums and science centers. Also the educational perspectives focused on classifications of exhibitions by Hein (1997). In this study, all the sample exhibit, were taken pictures of and stored on slide films for lated examination. Respectively exciting and positive results were found in all four museums. The analyses, however, indicated weaknesses as well as strengths in the four museum exhibits.
Keywords
natural history museum; constructivist museum; characteristics of exhibits;
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