Voces de Esperanza Exhibit Development Preliminary Framework Report

Voces de Esperanza Exhibit Development Preliminary Framework: A synthesis of ambitions, theory, and evidence

The goal of this study was to create an evidence-based framework of exhibit characteristics that support the logic model outcomes (see Exhibit Outcomes section of this report pages 9-10 and Appendix A). Given the project ambitions identified in the proposal, of particular interest is evidence of exhibit characteristics that support the practice of climate conversations in ways that resonate with Latine and Spanish-speaking bilingual families and groups. For this, OMSI evaluation staff reviewed data sets from the exhibit formative evaluation phase that occurred from October 2024 to January 2025, producing insights from participants’ self-report and data collectors’ observation of participants with respect to the Voces exhibit prototypes. Additionally, this report relied on theories compiled by Voces project team members, including constructs from the intercultural communication fi eld. This is an exploratory, qualitative study and synthesis to inform the Voces team, or other exhibit developers, to continue to experiment with and evolve exhibit practices and content and design strategies.