Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History: Tree of Life Visitor Study

September 1, 2006 | Exhibitions

Yale Peabody Museum is developing an exhibition for the general public to introduce and interpret the Tree of Life online project that involves many universities and museums and is being supported by the National Science Foundation. This front-end visitor study was conducted to inform exhibition development about the potential audience's understanding of Trees. Interview forms and images are included in the appendix of this report.

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report_235.PDF

Associated Projects

http://www.yale.edu/peabody/exhibits/index.html A Workshop: An Exploration of the Challenges to Assemble the Tree of Life

TEAM MEMBERS

Ellen Giusti

Author

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Monique Scott

Author

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Citation

Funders

NSF

Funding Program: Phylogenetic Systematics

Award Number: 0089975

Funding Amount: 39096

Resource Type: Research and Evaluation Instruments | Interview Protocol | Evaluation Reports

Discipline: Ecology, forestry, and agriculture | Education and learning science | Life science | Nature of science

Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators

Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits

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