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| The influences that have shaped the Exploratorium have come not only from other museums but also from the staff, from artists and scientists in universities, as well as from industries and research labs and from visitors who stop to talk with us or who write to us. The Exploratorium is also a composite of things that I have used in my previous teaching and curriculum development projects, and from my associates in the academic community. The development of a mutual respect and a sense of common objective between the academic world and the museum world seems to me an extraordinarily important thing to cultivate even more determinedly than it has been in the past. Much of what I think of as our success has come from contacts with people in the | academic world, but our success has also enabled people in the academic world to respect science centers and to see that they can enjoy them and use them effectively. It is, I think, extremely important that these various worlds be put together. My experience with the many influences that shaped the Exploratorium have made me ever more aware of the important role that museum societies like AAM and ASTC play in helping museums improve themselves. The more that museum members can afford, through the auspices of these societies, to move around and see what others are doing, the richer and better our profession will be. I thank you again for this award. | ||
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