Education & Interpretation

Poster

P18 - Ship to Shore: Visitor Questions Drive Science Interactions

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Learn the strategies and approaches used by the National Museum of Natural History to connect museum visitors to scientists and other experts at sea. This program inspires visitors to ask questions and ensure they are directing their own learning. We will also share a Program Ticket that was designed to quickly and easily collect different types of visitor data.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand and reflect upon an effective strategy to evoke and use visitor-generated questions to drive conversations with experts at sea or remote locations.
• Learn about successful and unsuccessful strategies to connect visitors to remote experts.
• Discuss an effective audience evaluation tool focused on collecting demographic data, stay time, and impact.

Poster Presenter(s)

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  Jennifer Collins

  Manager of Ocean Education
  Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HIstory