Children's Museums

Centres for Curiosity and Imagination - When is a Museum not a Museum? A Gulbenkian Foundation Report by John Pearce

This new report describes the growth of ‘children’s museums in the United States and examines related institutions in Europe.  The author has a 30-year background in community development, and was Chief Executive of Strathclyde Community Business Ltd until 1991. He now works as a consultant. His report lists nearly 40 centres visited in compiling the report: from Boston Children’s Museum to The Salem Witches Museum in the States, and Eureka!, Exploratory, Techniquest and all the usual suspects in the UK and Europe.  We hope to review the book when it is published in March.
Distributor Turnaround Publisher Services Price (Tel 020 8829 3000). Price £8.00 available from March 1998.  124 pages. ISBN 0 903319 78 0.

Newsletter Spring 1998 Contents

Centres > Satrosphere News | What is happening to Light on Science? | Inspire News | Herstmonceux News

Exhibits > BIG working group on exhibit development | What is Design? | Exhibit Aphorisms | "Here's Looking at Euclid" - exhibit idea | Roald Dahl and the Children's Gallery | Are hybrids best? - viewpoint

Demonstrations and shows > Shows at the Exploratory | Exploding Can Demonstration | Water to wine Demonstration | Nitrogen story - urban myth?

Millennium News > More Millennium Grants | Pantechniques rewarded | Millennium awards scheme | A listing of interactive projects funded by lottery grants

Research > Measuring the performance of interactive centres

Resources and conferences > Conferences and Future Events | Indian Science Congress Report | Managing Science Centres Book Review | Children's Museums Book information

BIG > BIG Moves - From the Chair | BIG AGM Report | BIG Annual Report 1997