Listening: Making Sense of the Sonic Soup

探索博物馆将开展一个为期四年的项目，探索声音的物理本质、听觉和声音感知的生理学，以及专心倾听的过程。“聆听”创造了30个展品、三个聆听空间和相关的参观者体验，以补充探索博物馆现有的“声音和听觉”收藏。聆听鼓励参观者探索声音的科学、生理和文化内涵，从声波的物理，到内耳的机械，再到声音可以传达的信息、情绪和情感。倾听将向公众介绍声音的科学、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。倾听集公共规划、展品开发和参观者研究于一体，代表着教育工作者、科学家、艺术家和公众之间的一种新的合作和交流模式。在探索馆场地结束时，一个由30件展品组成的巡回展览将在教育项目的材料和培训的支持下，在全国的科学博物馆流通。科学技术中心协会年会上的研讨会以及其他会议报告和出版物将向科学中心专业人员介绍听力策略。

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.