Word: hezekiah
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Prehistoric Skeletons. Lloyd Hezekiah, director of the renowned Brooklyn Children's Museum, which began in 1899 and this past May moved out of temporary quarters in a renovated pool hall and into a free-form $4 million building, calls children's museums "theaters for learning." Showmanship and pedagogy are blended together to create exhibits designed to captivate children on their own level. Instead of being locked away in glass cases, objects ranging from prehistoric skeletons to 19th century dolls are meant to be touched, tapped or even taken apart to discover what lies within. A model...
Behind the fun lies a purpose. Hezekiah calls it "holistic education," encouraging the child to see how the objects of the world relate to each other. In Brooklyn, for example, a stream of water leads to a paddle wheel, which provides the power for a working gristmill. "Our main goal," says CID Director Ann White Lewin, "is to help children believe in their own creative abilities...