Vibra-Son: A general audience exhibition dedicated to acoustics in Sherbrooke, Québec
Olivier Robin · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2018
This presentation will present the ongoing setup of a general audience exhibition dedicated to acoustics in Sherbrooke, Québec. This project is built up with the Sherbrooke Nature and Science museum, Sherbrooke University (faculty and research groups) and with the contribution of external structures (like the Canadian acoustical association and companies). The exhibition will begin in 2019, June. The design of experiments that allows highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of acoustics is first described, as well as their setup in a limited space including possible travelling of the exhibition. The development or use of mobile applications to help sharing data or results with the visitors is especially under focus. The question of how including research projects into the exhibition is then discussed, with a dual objective of raising awareness of visitors about research but also making them a part of a research operation. Finally, satellites events that are currently planned are described, as well as their role in providing a multimodal description of acoustics, like a reading tour of comics in a library.