Museums store some of our species’ greatest work, as well as impressive achievements by Mother Earth—they are places where we go to prepare to think great thoughts, and, occasionally to do a little high-powered pondering. There’s been lots of research done on museum design because they’re public places to which scientists have pretty ready access—once they convince the management that their project is worthwhile. Just thinking about what gets put into museums is pretty mind boggling. They are really homes…