Larry Bell has worked in the Education and Exhibit Departments at the Museum of
Science in Boston since 1971 where he has served as Education Associate, Director of
Exhibit Research and Planning, Head of Exhibits, Associate Director, Vice President for
Exhibits, and Sr. Vice President for Research, Development and Production. Through a
series of National Science Foundation grants from 1986 to the present, he developed a
new model for science center exhibits employing contructivist learning experiences to
provide visitors with practice in scientific thinking skills. Currently he is engaged in the
early stages of a strategic plan for informal technology education at the Museum and
heads the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network, a major NSF initiative to raise
public awareness, understanding, and engagement with nanoscale science, engineering,
and technology. He received a B.S. in Physics and an M.S. in Earth and Planetary
Science from M.I.T. in 1971.