Micol MolinariMichaela LivingstoneKatrina NilssonKaren DaviesEnrico TombesiMegumi MurashimaAkihiro Osaki
Science centres and museums play an important role in engaging the public with science, by connecting researchers and society. Programs must be designed to be attractive to the public, however, good communication skills are also essential for...
Exhibit development
Sally DuensingSara CalcagniniDominique Botbol
Developing a permanent exhibition is a crucial moment for most museums. Developers face many challenges which range from how to communicate science content in a permanent, engaging and accessible way. In contemporary society this challenge...
Exhibit development
Bruno Araújo-Gomes
In a perfect world where budgets and feasibility are not obstacles what would exhibits and exhibitions be? Ordered like a school-book or creative-chaotic like a dream? With clear instructions or without guidelines? In color or black and white?...
Education
Ingeborg KrangeCATHERINA VOREADOULuigi AmodioSven Bakken
Information communication technology (ICT) has the potential to integrate activities across schools, science centers, and professional companies. How do students use iPads and iPods to document their activities in the science centre? How do they...
Exhibit development
Anne PrugnonChristina Ritzl VejlgaardLars WerdelinSonja NeumannPanagiotis Poulopoulos
In our dreams, we are transported to different worlds, distant times and sometimes unfamiliar places. This session will explore innovative techniques for creating a sense of time and place in exhibitions, using objects, digital interpretation and...
Dominique BotbolClaudia Schleyerkatell barthélémyMikko KauhanenTouko Korhonen
Designers will discuss their experiences in the development process of an exhibition as either in-house or external exhibition designers:
- In-house designers enable greater collaboration insofar as they are fully integrated into the...
Collections
Elna NordBlair ParkinDaniel AntoineFarah Ahmed
A revolution is happening in museums and store rooms around the world. Objects held in museum storage for hundreds of years, some hundreds of millions of years old, are starting to see the light of day in entirely news ways using 3D visualisation...
Education
Heather KingMarianne AchiamRooske Franse
Innovative ideas often originate from cross-pollination among disciplines. Informal science education (ISE) is a domain wherein many academic disciplines come together, for example: learning is a research focus for child development, psychology...
Education
Mark ElamAlexandra WeilenmannTommaso VenturiniCatharina Ländström
As many of today’s science centres wish to foster public engagement with current research, so too are many schools promoting student engagement with so-called socioscientific issues. Aiming to creatively combine these concerns, the...
Explainers & visitor services
Philipp HorstLeonel AlegreAnna SchaefersInes PRIETOManuel Roca
In our dreams, visitors attend our exhibitions, approach the exhibits and know exactly what to do. When they leave, they are smarter than before and feel happy. Visitors probably have the same dream. But if we look at reality, visitor interaction...
Technology
Owain Davies
“When I first started designing and building exhibits I’d never heard of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Now there isn’t a project that comes up without someone mentioning it, QR, or bar codes! And everyone wants...
Operations & finance
Liz DeanStine FergusonAnne Tove Koldal
Most science centers increase their income by offering their facilities for meetings and events. Some centres arrange more targeted events for companies and organizations such as team building and holding entertaining competitions in the...