Listening: Making Sense of the Sonic Soup

探索馆将进行一个为期四年的项目，探索声音的物理性质，听觉和声音感知的生理学，以及专注倾听的过程。“聆听”创造了30个展品，三个聆听空间和相关的游客体验，以补充探索馆现有的“声音和听觉”收藏。 聆听鼓励游客探索声音的科学，生理和文化内容，从声波的物理学，到内耳的力学，再到声音可以传达的信息，情绪和情感。 听力将告知公众声音的科学，生理和文化内容，以及环境声音对他们的健康和环境的负面影响。听力整合了公共节目，展览开发和游客研究，代表了教育工作者，科学家，艺术家和公众之间的合作和沟通的新模式。 在“倾听”探索馆场地结束时，一个由30件展品组成的巡回展览将在全国的科学博物馆展出，并得到教育项目材料和培训的支持。 科学技术中心协会年会上的一个研讨会以及其他会议演讲和出版物将向科学中心的专业人员介绍倾听策略。

The Exploratorium will conduct a four-year project to explore the physical nature of sound, the physiology of hearing and the perception of sound, and the process of attentive listening. "Listening" creates 30 exhibits, three listening spaces, and related visitor experiences to complement the Exploratorium's existing "Sound and Hearing" collection. Listening encourages visitors to explore the scientific, physiological, and cultural content of sound, from the physics of sound waves, to the mechanics of the inner ear, to the information, mood, and emotions sound can convey. Listening will inform the public of the scientific, physiological, and cultural content of sound, as well as the negative impact of ambient sound on their health and environment.Listening integrates public programming, exhibit development and visitor studies, representing a new model of collaboration and communication among educators, scientists, artists and the public. At the conclusion of the Exploratorium venue for "Listening," a traveling exhibition of 30 exhibits will circulate to science museums nationwide, supported by materials and training for education programs. A workshop at the annual meeting of the Association of Science-Technology Centers and additional conference presentations and publications will present science center professionals with Listening strategies.