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Highlights from evaluation of the Big Bang exhibition
Thursday 4th June11.30-13.00Jo Quinton-TullochHead of Exhibitions and GalleriesScience Museum, London
Particle physics outreach in science centres and museums
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Big Bang at the Science Museum, London
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Underlying physics is hugely challenging…
• Recognised the vocabulary• Interested in anti-matter and dark
matter• But Higgs Boson and mass too difficult
Challenges
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CERN – a triumph of international cooperation and scientific endeavour but…
not considered unusual or unique
Challenges
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Not hugely impressed by scale of operations…
• Assume scientists just do this sort of thing
• Little sense of awe
Challenges
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Critical of decision to run the exhibition before there were any results to report…
felt that the exhibition was only reporting half the story
Challenges
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Not heard of CERN by that name
Large Hadron Collider is an unfamiliar term…
… difficult to remember
Challenges
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Stopping the beam…
how can such a small piece of graphite stop a stream of particles?
Also released insecurities
Most interested in
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• People allured by the mysteries surrounding dark matter, anti-matter, Big Bang
• Basic idea of smashing particles together and splitting off fragments is a simple idea – people get it
• People feel a sense of privilege at being shown science’s leading edge
Future campaigns
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• Fragmented understanding and confusion leads to mistrust and anxiety
• How far do their concerns need to be met head on:– Will it do more harm than good?– Will it create another Big Bang?
• Want to see tangible benefits for the modern world
Future campaigns
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Particle physics outreach in science centres and museums
Jo Quinton-TullochHead of Exhibitions and GalleriesScience Museum, London