Fostering Active Prolonged Engagement: The Art of Creating APE Exhibits

Exploratorium APE Team


Thomas Humphrey	Senior Scientist, P.I.
Joshua Gutwill	Senior Researcher, Co-P.I.
Charles Sowers	Exhibit Developer
Jessica Strick	Exhibit Developer
Erik Thogersen	Exhibit Developer
Tom Tompkins	Exhibit Developer
Diane Whitmore	Exhibit Developer
Jessica Brainard	Exhibit Writer
Diane Burk	Senior Design Developer
Nina Hido	Research and Evaluation Coordinator
Karen Sarno	Senior Project Manager


Workshop Attendees


Betsy Adamson	Explora
Tabatha Bruce	Explorit Science Center
Brewster Buttfield	Children's Museum of Maine
Lincoln Garrick	The Imaginarium Science Discovery Center
Annette Geiselman	Discovery Science Center
Anna Grace	Explorit Science Center
Devon Hamilton	Ontario Science Center
Karen Jepson-Innes	Wonderlab Museum of Science, Health and Technology
Julie Jones	Ontario Science Center
William Katzman	Catawba Science Center
Sheryl Mays Kingery	Children's Museum of Maine
Denise Le Blanc	The Discovery Museums
Tricia Little	Catawba Science Center
Don Marvel	Wonderlab Museum of Science, Health and Technology
Karen Milnar	The Children's Museum of Houston
Sarah Ganier	San Diego Natural History Museum
Geoff Nelson	The Discovery Museums
Keith Ostfeld	The Children's Museum of Houston
Doug Perry	G. Wiz—The Hands on Science Museum
Chris Puchalla	G. Wiz—The Hands on Science Museum
Thomas W. Rackers	Junior Museum of Bay County
Nancy Owens Renner	San Diego Natural History Museum
Amy Robinson	The Imaginarium Science Discovery Center
Susan Timberlake	Science Museum of Boston
Scott Tipton	Discovery Science Center
Amy VanderKooi	Montshire Museum of Science
Joan Waltermire	Montshire Museum of Science
Tim Wedgewood	Explora
Harry White	Techniquest


Other Exploratorium Staff


Fred Stein	Institute for Inquiry
Candice Brown	Institute for Inquiry
Adam Klinger	Evaluator
Mary Kidwell	Evaluator
Melissa Cheung	Volunteer
Michelle Gannon	Volunteer


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		About the APE Workshop
		Project Summary
		Participants
		Workshop Presentation

The APE workshop, hosted by the Exploratorium on September 22-24, 2004, convened 30 museum professionals from around the world to learn about the results of the APE Project and explore design strategies for incorporating APE into exhibit projects in their museums.