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Cynthia Yao Presents Plans For A Children's Museum In Old Fire Station, November 1978 Photographer: Robert Chase

Cynthia Yao Presents Plans For A Children's Museum In Old Fire Station, November 1978 image
Year:
1978
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 28, 1978
Caption:
Cynthia Yao, right, believes in children's museums with a 'hands on' instead of a 'hands off' policy. And she thinks the old firehouse might be just the site for such a museum in Ann Arbor.

Lee Bollinger and Mark Yao Try Out Exhibit at Hands-On Museum Expo, May 1980 Photographer: Robert Chase

Lee Bollinger and Mark Yao Try Out Exhibit at Hands-On Museum Expo, May 1980 image
Year:
1980
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 21, 1980
Caption:
Ready, Set...Hands On! Lee Bollinger, 7, left, and Mark Yao, 12, try out a hand-cranked generator which is among exhibits on display at the University of Michigan Rackham Building. This 'hands-on' exhibit is similar to one at the Boston Science Museum and demonstrates how one can use his own energy for conversion to electrical energy to light one, two or three light bulbs, depending on the effort expended.

Cynthia Yao Demonstrates an Exhibit at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, March 1989 Photographer: Larry E. Wright

Cynthia Yao Demonstrates an Exhibit at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, March 1989 image
Year:
1989
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 5, 1989
Caption:
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum Director Cynthia Yao says people contact is one of the most enjoyable parts of her job. She can often be found explaining a museum exhibit to a young visitor. Above, she gives 6-year-old Kevin Hagedorn of Northville an explanation of the catenary arch exhibit.