Forces of Change
Forces of Change is a comprehensive program at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History about the dynamics of global change. Funded by NASA and other donors, it explores the geological, environmental and historical processes that shape our world. In addition to producing exhibits for display at the museum, the Forces of Change team is developing traveling exhibits, classroom activities, publications, interactive computer programs, a Web site and other outreach materials.
The Forces of Change exhibition hall features case studies on the forces that have shaped and sustained Earth since the beginning of geologic time. Forces of Change exhibits combine traditional and high-tech approaches to learning about Earth systems and managing our precious natural resources. The Global Links exhibit opened in the exhibit hall in 2002. A new Arctic exhibition is planned to open in fall 2005: "A Friend Acting Strangely" as part of Forces of Change. The exhibit looks at changes: in land through caribou; in coast through erosion; and in sea-ice through warming.
CONTACT: Barbara Stauffer, Exhibit Developer/Project Manager, Office of Exhibits, PO Box 37012 MRC 101, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012, Phone: 202-633-1144, Fax: 202-786-2567, Email: stauffer@si.edu