NAVIGATION: A Cultural and Technological Look at Finding One's Way

探索博物馆提议创建一个多维度的 以航海为主题的展览。 展览 适当将包含大约20个新的互动 展品涉及人类取向的主题， 寻路/探索，时间的重要性， 导航、地图和导航传统。 旁边 展品我们将展示真实的航海文物 从其他博物馆借来的。 我们已经确定 约有40件现有展品，虽然不在 主显示，将收到文本修改，以显示其 与导航主题有关。 除了有 我们将展出文物和互动展品， 举办一系列讲座，主题周末， 导航技术的演示。 在运行期间 我们将举办一个关于美国人的研讨会 在那里我们将举行一个公开的讲座论坛， 历史学、人类学和社会学的讨论 文化碰撞对北美的影响 大陆 我们将制作一个小册子和一个高 高质量的目录 此外，我们将创建 组织这次博物馆展览的书面“途径” 重点介绍不同的特点和方法， 导航 我们的教育部门将发挥主导作用， 为我们的访客创造更正式的节目。 的 物理显示将被复制在一个旅行版本， 在开幕后的三年内， 探索博物馆 我们将收集我们的结果 研究人员在一个传播包中， 其他人在外地。

The Exploratorium proposes to create a multidimensional exhibition on the theme of navigation. The exhibition proper will contain approximately 20 new interactive exhibits dealing with topics of human orientation, wayfinding/exploration, the importance of time in navigation, maps and navigation traditions. Alongside the exhibits we will display real navigational artifacts borrowed from other museums. We have identified approximately 40 existing exhibits which, while not in the main show, will receive textual modification to show their relation to navigational topics. In addition to the exhibition of artifacts and interactive exhibits, we will present a series of lectures, theme weekends, and demonstrations of navigational techniques. During the run of the show we will host a Symposium On The American Encounter wherein we will hold an open forum of lectures and discussion of historical, anthropological and social consequences of cultural encounter on the North American Continent. We will produce both a brochure and a high quality catalog for this show. In addition we will create written "pathways" of organization of this museum-wide show to bring to focus different features and approaches to navigation. Our education departments will play a leading role in creating more formal programs for our visitors. The physical show will be reproduced in a travelling version to tour nine venues in the three years following its opening at the Exploratorium. We will collect the results of our researchers in a dissemination package to be made available to others in the field.