WPI students help London museums improve expectations.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-10 January 2002-Worcester Polytechnic Institute: WPI students help London museums improve expectations (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10012002 WORCESTER, Mass. -- What do you expect from a museum? Enlightenment? Information? Interaction? Four Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) teams spent seven weeks last spring at the university's London Project Center, where they helped British museum staffers improve the way they meet visitors' expectations.

(Four other teams focused on other topics in London.) The IQP is one of three projects all undergraduates undertake as part of the innovative WPI Plan. In recent years, more and more museums have replaced traditional lectures about their...