Community Partnerships Serving Science

明尼苏达州科学博物馆希望在博物馆和小型社区科学组织(CBSO)之间建立一个伙伴关系网络。CBSO将接受专业发展讲习班，以提高其制作高质量展品和出版物的能力，并提供有效的科学方案。来自每个科学组织的一个团队将参加一个12小时的技能发展研讨会，涵盖展品开发、受众研究、科学交流和项目开发等主题。讲习班“工具包”将捕捉培训讲习班的精髓，并向其他博物馆提供。每个团队将开发一个小型巡回展览和辅助材料。一年一度的科学峰会项目将向公众、博物馆参观者和学生展示CBSO，而CBSO圆桌会议将邀请与会者探索合作和编程战略。将建立一个在线数据库，并向公众免费提供所有地方民间社会组织的印刷资源指南。该模型将在两个小型科学中心进行测试，分别是位于南卡罗来纳州苏福尔斯的Kirby科学发现中心和位于明尼苏达州Bemidji的源头科学中心。预计该项目将为72个组织和450名CBSO工作人员以及5,000多名普通公众提供服务。

The Science Museum of Minnesota would like to create a network of partnerships between the museum and small community-based science organizations (CBSOs). CBSOs will receive professional development workshops to increase their capacity to produce high quality exhibits and publications and offer effective science programming. A team from each science organization will participate in a 12-hour skills development workshop to cover such topics as exhibit development, audience research, science communication and program development. A workshop "tool kit" will capture the essence of the training workshops and be made available to other museums. Each team will develop a small traveling exhibit and supporting materials. Annual Science Summit programs will showcase the CBSOs to the general public, museum visitors and students, while a CBSO Roundtable will invite the participants to explore collaborations and programming strategies. An online database will be created and a complimentary printed resource guide of all local CBSOs will be available to the public. The model will be tested at two small science centers, the Kirby Science Discovery Center in Sioux Falls, SD, and at the Headwaters Science Center in Bemidji, MN. It is anticipated that 72 organizations and 450 CBSO staff members will be served by this project, in addition to over 5,000 members of the general public.