title: Translating land use science to a museum exhibit.
abstract: For land use science to engage the general public it must successfully translate its concepts and conclusions and make them public outside of traditional scientific venues. Here we explore science-art exhibits, which blend artistic presentations with specific scientific data or themes, as a possible effective way of communicating scientific information and disrupting misconceptions. We describe the process of producing a science-art exhibit on remote sensing and Puerto Rican landscape history from 1937 to the present, sited at a rural Puerto Rican community museum, and examine the visitor experience and educational outcomes of the museum exhibit through analysis of survey data. The exhibit project engaged undergraduate students from a variety of academic backgrounds, introduced land use science concepts to the public in an engaging format, and was effective at reshaping visitors' misconceptions of Puerto Rico's landscape change history.
authors.affiliation: Biology and Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey.
authors.forename: Javier A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Arce-Nazario
keywords: Puerto Rico; landscape change; museum; remote sensing; science education; science-art