Exploration and Discovery

I am, of course, extraordinarily honored to receive this distinguished service award from the American Association of Museums. I do want to thank Ken Starr again. It was he who first told me about the award. We have been friends and have become terribly fond of each other over the years so this is a wonderful occasion for me. I am also especially pleased to have an award from AAM because when I first started developing a science museum, there was no organization whatsoever which thought of science centers as part of the museum world. Since we didn't have collections in the normal sense of the word, we weren't eligible to join the AAM. So it seems that this award is not only to me but to the entire field of science centers. I am extremely pleased with that.