Tinkering at the Exploratorium
by Melissa Zabel Over the past few years, the number of making and tinkering spaces in museums skyrocketed! These spaces allow visitors to learn by doing, make mistakes, solve problems, and think outside the box. As a museum studies graduate student, my first question about making and tinkering spaces is: How? How do museums and science centers design activities that inspire visitors to engage deeply in creating and problem solving? Last summer, I investigated these questions first hand as an […]
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