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The field of the learning sciences takes learning as its subject of scientific inquiry.  How can museums directly engage the public with learning as phenomena?  How can we apply methods of inquiry, interaction, and phenomena-based exhibits to this subject?  Last spring the Center for Informal Learning and Schools (CILS) at the Exploratorium held a meeting with about 30 scholars and designers to address this question.  Findings from the meeting can be found in a short report here and on www.exploratorium.edu/cils.