interactive stuff *must've* contributed to the need for timed museum visits, where visitors are otherwise glued to one viewpoint of (thing) versus several people being able to see it from different sides

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Yeah, also interactive stuff tends to be mostly you sitting in front, being fed changing information. A model lets you explore at your own leisure.

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niiiice I maintain that the thing that makes models universally better for traching or explanation is that we don't need any kind of filter to understand them, beyond maybe an indicator of human scale, like a figure or car

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Granted, they probably wouldn't hire somebody to do it this way now. They'd probably have a 3d printer blart something colourless into the world. But in my experience models/dioramas draw and keep people 'engaged' for longer than even changing screens or multimedia installations.

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there was a huge push towards interactive exhibits around the turn of the century, I'd be interested to see how it translated to actual engagement with and understanding of what was being displayed

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