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Archive Title: 04. Where Did the Ideas Come From - Chapter

Date Original: 2013

Description: In Where Did the Ideas Come From, Chapter 4 of Boston Stories, author Janet Kamien traces the intersections of personal interests, community needs, and a creative vision that inspired exhibits, programs, and other efforts.

Creator(s):>Janet Kamien, author

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Archive Title: Accessibility Project - Memo

Date Original: March 12, 1980

Description: Memo about changes to the BCM Accessibility Project.

Creator(s): Janet Kamien, author

Keywords: memos, correspondence, accessibility project


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Archive Title: Alvin - Book

Date: 1978

Description: A scanned copy of Janet Kamien's bookAlvin.

Creator(s): Janet Kamien,author; Signe Hanson, illustrator

Keywords: Children's literature, social-emotional learning, outreach


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Archive Title: Aylette Jenness - Interview Transcipt

Date Original: October 2009

Description: Transcript of a videotaped interview with Aylette Jenness, an early employee of the Boston Children's Museum.

Creator(s): Mike Spock, interviewer; Aylette Jenness, interviewee

Keywords: interview; transcript; employee; teaching; artist; education


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Archive Title: Aylette Jenness 2 - Interview

Date: June 18, 2006

Description: Aylette Jenness discusses the origins of Talk Back Boards and exhibit participation and feedback.

Creator(s): Mike Spock, interviewer; Aylette Jenness, interviewee

Keywords: Talk Back Boards, exhibit evaluation, exhibit participation, community engagement


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Archive Title: Bathroom Exhibits - Poster

Date: 1990

Description: A photograph of a poster hung in the bathroom used to explain the music and other recordings from the Smithsonian Folkways Collectionbeing played and encourage learning in less traditional museum spaces.

Creator(s): to be entered

Keywords: bathroom music, use of non-traditional museum space, patron engagement


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Archive Title: Bathroom Exhibits 2 - Photograph

Date: 1990s

Description: A small exhibit of toothbrushes from the Toothbrushes Around The World exhibit. This exhibit was displayed in the museum bathrooms.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: bathrooms, unusual exhibits, toothbrushes around the world exhibit


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Archive Title: Bathrooms Exhibits 1 - Photograph

Date: 1990

Description: Tthe animal droppings displayfrom the Bathroom exhibit in the Living Things area.

Creator(s): Boston Children's Museum

Keywords: Animal Poop Exhibit, exhibit materials


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Archive Title: Berke Breathed - Letter

Date Original: 1984

Description: Release from comic writer Breathed about using a strip in endings

Creator(s): Berke Breathed, author/artist

Keywords: exhibit materials, release form


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Archive Title: Breaking Bad News to a Child - Article

Date Original: n.d.

Description: Discussion of how to talk to children about death and other bad news. Perhaps used as a guiding philosophy in the design of the Endings exhibit.

Creator(s): Olive Evans, author

Keywords: newspaper article, relationships, childhood emotions, subject files, exhibit research


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