History and background
Thomas Rockwell, Outdoor Exploratorium co-Principal Investigator and Director of the Exploratorium Exhibit Environment Group, reflects on the evolution of the Outdoor project and its relationship to the museum’s wider goals.
Education
Exploratorium educator Modesto Tamez and exhibit developer Sebastian Martin discuss the role of teachers and students in the creation of Outdoor exhibits and touch on the exhibits’ use as learning tools.
New Media
Multimedia developer Ted Koterwas writes about possibilities and pitfalls in the development of Web- and media-based exhibits that can provide users with new windows on their environments.
Visitor research and evaluation
Exploratorium researchers Joyce Ma and Toni Dancu describe how Outdoor exhibits were tested and evaluated during development—and how the evaluation process evolved with the project itself.
Artists
Principal Investigator and Exploratorium Senior Artist Peter Richards discusses collaborations between the Outdoor Exploratorium team and an innovative group of visiting artists.
Invisible Dynamics
Invisible Dynamics is an interdisciplinary project that invites artists and scientists to explore the systems and behaviors that give the San Francisco Bay Area its definitive character. The project engages the domains of art, design, cultural geography, cartography, information design, sociology, archaeology, hydrology, ecology, marine sciences, and history.
This project is supported by the
National Science Foundation
under Grant No. ESI-0104478. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.