Meeting Abstract
Collaborating with scientific researchers is an essential practice for museum educators. However, adapting scientific findings and practices into compelling learning experiences for museum visitors is a challenging and nuanced undertaking, particularly in the life sciences. In this session, former research scientists turned museum professionals will discuss how findings, methods, and technologies from current biological research have been incorporated into exhibits, demonstrations, and other museum programming. Through a set of case studies from the Exploratorium, a museum of science, art and human perception in San Francisco, we illustrate the promises and pitfalls of this process to support learning in museums.
