Selected Projects
Alexander Goldowsky
Education
Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, Doctor of Education, 2002
Lesley College Graduate School, Cambridge, MA
Master of Education, 1987
National Audubon Society Expedition Institute/Lesley College, Cambridge, MA, Bachelor of Science, 1982
Museum Experience
Boston Children’s Museum, Boston, MA, 2014–2019
Senior Vice President, Exhibits and Programs
MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2013–2014
Director of Exhibitions
EcoTarium, Worcester, MA, 2002–2013
Director of Exhibits and Education
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA, 1988-2002
Senior Program Developer
Selected Consulting
Discovery Museum,
Acton, MA
Echo at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT
Lesley University, STEAM Lab, Cambridge, MA
Boston Children’s Museum/Niantic Children's Museum, Boston, MA; Niantic, CT
Amaze Design, Boston, MA
Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center,
Gloucester, MA
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Science Media Group, Cambridge, MA
Exhibit Services Program, Maryland Historical Trust, Calvert County, MD
Museum of Science, Boston, MA
Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia, PA
Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, TN
Selected Exhibit Projects
What’s for Dinner?
2016, Boston Children’s Museum
Explore-A-Saurus
2016, Boston Children’s Museum
Images of Discovery
2015, MIT Museum
Daguerre’s American Legacy
2014, MIT Museum
5000 Moving Parts
2013, MIT Museum
The Arctic Next Door: Mount Washington
2011, EcoTarium
EcoTarium Exhibit Master Plan
2010, EcoTarium
SmartArt
2008, EcoTarium
DinoTracks
2007, Environmental Exhibit Collaborative/EcoTarium
Attack of the Bloodsuckers!
2006, Environmental Exhibit Collaborative/EcoTarium
Tree Houses
2005, Environmental Exhibit Collaborative/EcoTarium
Turtle Travels
2005, Environmental Exhibit Collaborative/EcoTarium
Secrets of the Forest
2003, EcoTarium
Exploration Center at Newport, Master Plan
2000, New England Aquarium
Wetland Gallery
2000, New England Aquarium
Nyanja: Africa’s Great Lake
2000, New England Aquarium.
Charting the Coast of New England
1999, New England Aquarium
TOPEX/POSEIDON
1998, New England Aquarium/MIT/Gulf of
Maine Aquarium.
Georges Bank
1997, New England Aquarium
Whale Day
1992, New England Aquarium
Selected Publications
Collaborative Structures: Many Ways, Common Paths, with Betsy Loring. Exhibitionist, the Journal of the National Association for Museum Exhibition/American Alliance of Museums, Spring 2012, 14-15.
The One-Two Punch: Synergy Between Simulation Games and Other Interactive Elements in Exhibits, with Maureen McConnell. Museums at Play: Games, Interaction and Learning, Katy Beale Ed., Museums Etc., 2011.
Connecting and Interacting: A Trip to the New Zoo, 2009. Museums & Social Issues, 4(2), 187-205.
Insights: A Museum Learning Resource. The proceedings of the In Principal, In Practice Conference, published on the web by the Institute for Learning Innovation, 2006 (www.ilinet.org/ipip).
Video Resources for In-depth Investigation of Pond Organisms, 2002–2004 with Bernie Zubrowski, Education Development Center.
Shedding Light on Science, 1999–2002. Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Science Media Group/ Annenberg Media
Science Theater as an Interpretive Technique. With Dana Riley-Black. National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference Proceedings, 1999, Boston, MA. (ERIC accession number ED443709).
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Newspapers in Education Curriculum. 1993, 1995. With Ellen Davidson. National Newspapers in Education Program/WGBH.
New England Coastlines: New England Aquarium Education Curriculum Guide, 1992.
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Season II & III Geography Curriculum Guides, 1992, 1993. With Ellen Davidson & Jim Hammerman. WGBH.
Geology in Action! Structural geology simulation. Developed with Stephan Cohen. 1987, Que Software.