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Magic: the Science of Illusion
Developed by the California Science Center

Curator Diane C. Perlov, Ph.D.
   
Exhibit Resourceress Sara Crasson
   
Exhibit Writer Bonnie Wallace
   
Director of Education Greg Gauthier
   
Exhibit Design Coordinator Meghan Lee
   
Graphic Artist & Website Designer Jeremy Stoller
   
Project Managers Barbara Punt
  Ivan Morgan
   
Manager of Exhibits Nathan Miranda

Exhibit Design & Development Hodgetts + Fung
   

Fabricator

Ironwood

Additional Illusion Fabricator John Gaughan & Associates
   
Video Producer Arclight Productions
   
Audiovisual Hardware Integrator BBI Engineering, Inc.
   
Audiovisual Media Consultant William H. McIlhany
   
Theater Script Developer Katie Dawson
   
Object Conservator Griswold Conservation Associates, LLC

We are grateful to the following individuals and organizations for their generous assistance in developing this exhibit:

Jim Steinmeyer

Milt Larson & the Academy of Magical Arts at the Magic Castle

Max Maven

Penn & Teller

Jade

Goldfinger and Dove

Gordon Bean

Mike Caveney

Deirdre Evans-Pritchard, Ph.D.

Alan Fiske, Ph.D.

Robert Gould, Ph.D.

Christine Haenschke

Joan Lawton

Margaret Lin, Ph.D.

Brennis Lucero-Wagoner, Ph.D.

EfraÌn MelÈndez

William Newman, Ph.D.

Craig M. Perlov, Ph.D.

Deirdre Schaefer

Robert White, Ph.D.

In Memory of

Doug Henning

Hal Hale

Geoffrey Laverty

for their contributions to this exhibit

and for bringing magic to the world

This exhibit was developed in cooperation with and partially funded by the Science Museum Exhibit Collaborative which includes the California Science Center, the Boston Museum of Science, the Columbus Ohio Center of Science and Industry, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, the Franklin Institute, and the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Additional sponsorship was provided by Ferrofluidics Corporation.

This project was supported, in part, by the
National Science Foundation
Opinions expressed are those of the authors
and not necessarily those of the Foundation

 

 
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