Dog owners out there may sympathize whit this: say you are outside walking your dog and are approached by friendly strangers who ask to pet him. Your dog just mediated a conversation with a stranger that would have not happen otherwise.
Like a dog, a museum object offers an excuse for strangers to have a conversation.
Giant drill at the Perot Museum of Science and Nature. Photo by Lara Solt at Dallas News.
This giant drill illustrates hydro frakking at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science’s energy hall. If this seems controversial it’s because it is: is the museum celebrating such technique, or opening up for debate among visitors?
For more examples and ideas, read the entire post at PLOS Sci-Ed.
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