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This is the crucial difference between the Edison site and newer museums that many children are familiar with. Older museums tend to be places where you can see and learn, but not touch. The newer ones tend to be entertaining interactive spectaculars that say, "Touch me, please," but at their most superficial are not easy to distinguish from Chuck E. Cheese pizza parlors. Aside from a few push-button displays, including kinescopes of Annie Oakley and a boxing match, the Edison site is definitely in the former camp.