Small Museum Research Collaborative: Exhibit-based Outreach/ Phase I & II

描述（由申请人提供）： 俄勒冈州科学与工业博物馆（OMSI）与小型博物馆研究合作组织（SMRC）合作，提议创建四个小型双语（英语和西班牙语）展览，供全国小型博物馆参观。展览将重点介绍当前营养和体育活动的临床研究及其在个人和家庭健康方面的应用。我们建议建立四个700平方英尺的巡回展览：两个相同的展览，重点是营养和两个相同的展览，重点是体育活动。OMSI的SMRC合作伙伴为该项目带来了五个地理和主题不同的小型博物馆的经验和资源。作为牵头机构，OMSI在创建和巡回国家展览以及与其他博物馆合作项目方面拥有超过19年的经验。 将在OMSI和SMRC站点与家庭受众一起进行前端、形成性、补救性和总结性评价。为了扩大参观者的体验，OMSI和SMRC将制作相关的教育材料和节目，包括网站、教师指南、小型博物馆工作人员培训、远程学习节目和互动演示。将建立一个SMRC远程学习网络，以传播方案。该项目将在俄勒冈州健康与科学大学（OHSU）综合临床研究中心（GCRC）的当地研究科学家以及营养和健身研究、医疗保健和教育方面的其他专家的支持下开发。 该项目的受众是全国农村和小城市社区小型科学和儿童博物馆的家庭和K-5学校团体参观者。拉丁美洲家庭也是该项目的优先受众。四个巡回展览中的每一个每年将在三个地点巡回展出，为期至少八年。我们保守估计，在全国图尔斯巡回展期间，将有200多万人参观展览。该项目提供了一个强大的机会，以接触农村和服务不足的社区的博物馆参观者，邀请家庭一起追求健康的营养和体育活动，并为不同的观众介绍和解释临床研究结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), in collaboration with the Small Museum Research Collaborative (SMRC), proposes to create four small bilingual (English and Spanish) exhibitions for national tour to small museums. The exhibitions will focus on current clinical research in nutrition and physical activity and its applications to personal and family wellness. We propose to build four 700-square-foot traveling exhibitions: two identical exhibitions with a focus on nutrition and two identical exhibitions with a focus on physical activity. OMSI's SMRC partners bring the experiences and resources of five geographically and thematically diverse small museums to this project. As the lead institution, OMSI brings over 19 years' experience in creating and touring national exhibitions and in collaborative projects with other museums. Front-end, formative, remedial, and summative evaluation will be conducted with family audiences at OMSI and SMRC sites. To extend the visitor experience, OMSI and SMRC will produce related educational materials and programs including a web site, teachers' guides, small museum staff training, distance-learning programs, and interactive presentations. A SMRC distance-learning network will be created for program dissemination. The project will be developed with the support of local research scientists at the Oregon Health & Science University's (OHSU) General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) and other experts in nutrition and fitness research, health care, and education. The project's audience is family and K-5 school group visitors to small science and children's museums in rural and small urban communities nationwide. Latino families are also a priority audience for the project. Each of the four traveling exhibitions will tour to three venues a year for a minimum of eight years. We conservatively estimate that over two million people will visit the exhibitions during their national tours. This project presents a powerful opportunity to reach museum visitors in rural and underserved communities, to invite families to pursue healthy nutrition and physical activity together, and to present and interpret clinical research findings for diverse audiences.