EXHIBIT INFORMATION - FACT SHEET

Risk! is an interactive, multi-dimensional traveling exhibit developed by the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History that examines risk and risk assessment: how risk affects our lives, how we view risk and why, and how we can better understand and deal with risk using science, mathematics, and critical thinking skills. 

• The central idea of Risk! is that life is all about taking risks and the decisions we make about risk can affect the quality and nature of our lives.

• Major components of the exhibit include:
  - Beam Walk
  - Bed of Nails
  - You Bet Your Life
  - Car Crash
  - How Old Are You Really?
  - Switches
  - Extreme Gallery
  - Risk! Cinema

• The exhibit was developed by the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History as its third-round contribution to the Science Museum Exhibit Collaborative (SMEC), a collaborative of seven museums across the country created to ensure the production and sharing of high quality, world-class science exhibits.

• The exhibit was designed in cooperation with Hands On, Inc., an exhibition design company based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

• Principal advisor on the project was Dr. Paul Slovic, president of Decision Research, Eugene, Oregon, and a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon. Slovic studies human judgment, decision making, and risk analysis, and is the author of The Perception of Risk and Risk Analysis.

• Risk! is targeted to children ages 12 and up and adults and is also appropriate for elementary school-age audiences.

• The Risk! exhibit encompasses 5,000 square feet of space.

• The Risk! exhibit is expected to draw an estimated 2.5 million guests in its first three years of travel.

• Planning for Risk! began in 1998.

• After its premiere in Fort Worth, Texas, Risk! will travel to the other six SMEC venues through 2005. It will then be open for leasing to other educational venues.

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