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Among the survivors is his brother Peter Maurer.The Chimera Lighting 8435 Quartz Plus Medium Lightbank, a true industry standard, features durable high-heat construction and a wide range of light shaping accessories (all sold separately, aside from the 3 included Screens).
“It was his world, bringing order to what was chaos in his mind,” Murphy said. Bridget Murphy said Maurer saved her cookie business in the 1990s by creating spreadsheets to organize the fast-growing Koala Kookie company and track all of its orders. “He’s always been really good at recognizing other people.”įriends said they also appreciated his generous spirit. “I think the reason Paul was such a good manager is because he doesn’t attribute his contributions to other people,” Polman said. And he had no problem swearing.”Ĭolleagues said Maurer was a generous boss, building morale through weekly “rock’n’roll breaks” at 3pm every Friday, where people brought snacks and music. “Paul had an amazing set of skills,” said Carrie Force, a longtime lighting designer at the Science Museum. Maurer also created the museum’s exhibition products and services business, which has built exhibits for more than 20 other science centers across the country, including the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas and the California Science Center in Los Angeles. In 1985, he launched a travel program that eventually allowed the museum to bring a dozen of its most popular exhibits to more than 90 other locations in the United States and Canada, beginning with the Wolves and Humans exhibition. Buy the Chimera Lighting 8435, Quartz Plus Medium Lightbank with 3 Included Screens, Model 8435 at Full Compass Systems. Maurer’s influence extends far beyond Minnesota. “His attention to detail was amazing … He was really thinking about the end users of an exhibition.” “Paul was just a great project manager,” Schmidt said. Schmidt said Maurer’s vision could still be seen in the Permanent Sports Laboratory, the Space Travel exhibition and the popular Experiment Gallery, where visitors could create a tornado or conduct more than a dozen other experiments. Maurer was a big believer in interactive exhibits, designing and building rooms to engage visitors with the nuts and bolts of science. We brought the idea that museums are experiences that are ultimately controlled by the public. But before proceeding, let us stop a moment before The Chimera. “I don’t think we’ve ever thought of the museum as a didactic exercise where the job is to tell people a bunch of things. A light relief for the arms and legs whose contours are more rectangular than curved. “At the time, almost the entire exhibit department was former theater people, and I think there’s something about what made the museum distinctive,” Polman said.