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Seek donations of exhibits from industry and Fort Monmouth.

Another potential source of exhibits and educational items will be Ft. Monmouth and the high technology industry.  The learning center can benefit from donations of prototypes and demonstration units from the Army and industry.  Center volunteers and later paid staff can adapted the units into exhibits.

Fort Monmouth has developed many educational technology exhibits.  The Command and Control Systems Division of Fort Monmouth has created a dozen laser and nightvision exhibits for our center.  Due to the delays these will be shipped to Fort Discovery until Camp Evans remediation is complete.

Corporations invest thousands of dollars in creating prototypes and technology displays for trade shows.  Once ties are developed to industry, donated prototypes can be reworked, by center staff, into educational displays that show the start of a specific technology application. 

In line with the mission of the Learning Center to educate in an interactive / hands-on approach, some exhibits will have to be conceived and build in-house.  Staff members and science teachers will be a good source of creative ideas for exhibits.  Supporting organizations have already offered expertise in developing interactive hands-on exhibits for the center.  The NSC has 288 exhibits that have been offered to the learning center to copy. This is in addition to the plans for 200 exhibits from the Exploratorium of San Francisco. These will be constructed on-site, tested on a limited audience, and the best ones fully developed. One important aspect is new exhibits must be offered to keep the loyal audience returning.  The professional organizations and non-profit groups housed at the center will be a constant source of new ideas, improvements, and a force to keep current the intellectual content of the Information Age Learning Center.

The information stations will allow persons to 'click' on links that interest them. 

People of various ages relate to technology and history differently.  Adults normally enjoy detailed displays with content, students want exhibits they can touch and control.  The hands-on display will excite the kids; the technical content will enable adults to explore.  Each person will select what interests them; them will find the mix of history and technology just right for them.