Category Archives: Exhibits

Focus Questions for Galileo’s World Is the intended audience the university or scholarly community or is it designed for broad public engagement?  The theme of Galileo’s world was “bringing worlds together.” We connected the World of OU with the World … Continue reading →

In early summer 2016, David Davis and Kerry Magruder wrote three short, one-page reports about Galileo’s World as part of the successful application process for three awards from the Oklahoma Museum Association.  The separate reports, each reproduced here, focus on Exhibit design, technology, and … Continue reading →

In early summer 2016, David Davis and Kerry Magruder wrote three short, one-page reports about Galileo’s World as part of the successful application process for three awards from the Oklahoma Museum Association.  The separate reports, each reproduced here, focus on Exhibit design, technology, and … Continue reading →

In early summer 2016, David Davis and Kerry Magruder wrote three short, one-page reports about Galileo’s World as part of the successful application process for three awards from the Oklahoma Museum Association.  The separate reports, each reproduced here, focus on Exhibit design, technology, and … Continue reading →

This essay was written early in the planning stages of Galileo’s World (last modified on Oct 10, 2014).  For lack of time these ideas were not implemented as planned, but maybe they will be applied somehow in the next exhibit!  The … Continue reading →

This little essay was written in the planning stages of Galileo’s World (last modified on Jan 29, 2015).  While for lack of time our actual implementation of Galileo’s World fell short of the participatory ideals sketched below, this theory of … Continue reading →