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Daniel Spock

Daniel Spock has been in the museum field for over 35 years starting as a planetarium guide. Over the course of his career he has worked as an exhibit designer, an exhibit developer, including 13 years at the Boston Children’s Museum, before moving into the realm of administration and public program leadership for 21 years at the Minnesota Historical Society and the Levine Museum of the New South where his teams produced dozens of award-winning exhibitions and programs. Daniel, currently an independent consultant, is an ardent proponent of the visitor-centered museum ethos. He has consulted and lectured at a variety of museum and learning institutions and has published widely on a variety of museum subjects. Daniel has a BA in Art from Antioch College.

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