Tagged with "discovery"

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  1. Parabolic Spinners

    Parabolic Spinners

    Case Study

    by Paul Orselli Published May 01 2007

    This exhibit started because we had some simple wooden spinning "turntables" we didn't know what to do with. (Prototyping 101: Keep lots of cool junk around. And duct tape. And 2-Ton Epoxy.) After fiddling around with attaching various containers...

  2. The Discovery Room

    The Discovery Room

    Case Study

    by Judith White Published August 16 2007

    The first Discovery Room opened in 1974 in a spacious light-filled corner room next to the exhibit halls in the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History. The Room was the first place in a museum devoted to collections, where visitors were allowed to...