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

俄勒冈州科学与工业博物馆(OMSI)，与小型博物馆研究中心合作 协作性(SMRC)，建议为全国创建四个小型双语(英语和西班牙语)展览 参观小型博物馆。展览将集中在营养和体力活动方面的最新临床研究。 以及它在个人和家庭健康方面的应用。我们计划建造四个700平方英尺的旅游区 展览：两个相同的展览，重点是营养；两个相同的展览，重点是 体力活动。OMSI的SMRC合作伙伴将五个地理位置和资源 主题多样的小型博物馆到这个项目。作为牵头机构，OMSI带来了超过19年的 有创建和巡回国家展览以及与其他博物馆合作项目的经验。 OMSI将与家庭观众一起进行前端、形成性、补救性和终结性评估 和SMRC站点。为了扩展参观体验，OMSI和SMRC将制作相关的教育 材料和项目，包括网站、教师指南、小型博物馆工作人员培训、远程- 学习计划和互动演示。将建立一个SMRC远程学习网络，用于 节目传播。该项目将在当地研究科学家的支持下开发 俄勒冈健康与科学大学(OHSU)综合临床研究中心(GCRC)和其他专家 在营养和健身研究、医疗保健和教育方面。 该项目的观众是家庭和K-5学校团体参观#年的小型科学和儿童博物馆 全国范围内的农村和小城市社区。拉美裔家庭也是该项目的优先受众。 四个巡回展览中的每个都将每年巡回三个场馆，为期至少八年。我们 保守估计，全国巡回展览期间将有200多万人参观展览。这 该项目为接触农村和服务不足社区的博物馆参观者提供了一个强大的机会，以 邀请家庭一起追求健康营养和体育锻炼，呈现和解读临床 针对不同受众的研究结果。

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 19years' 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.