Hi. I am Barry Joseph.
I am formerly the VP of Digital Experience at the Girl Scouts of the USA and Associate Director For Digital Learning at the American Museum of Natural History.
When I began at the Museum I used this blog to talk about my adventures, exploring issues related to digital media and museum-based learning. I featured original interviews, thought pieces, and highlights from my work and those of my colleagues at the AMNH.
Starting in 2020, with the launch of Barry Joseph Consultancy, LLC, I turned this blog into a place to explore digital engagement writ large.
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- Matching Minds Published and Exhibit Launched October 10, 2025
- A 25-year career retrospective interview with me (by youth in India) October 10, 2025
- Sondheim Week at the New York Public Library for The Performing Arts September 16, 2025
- Matching Minds: Book in Hand September 11, 2025
- Prototyping the Future: A 10-Day Dive into AI, Games, and Learning July 3, 2025
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- Research on Using AI, AR, and Narrative to Customize Visitor Experience: An interview with Maria Roussou about the CHESS Project
- Interview with High School Youth Talking About Youth Science Filmmaking
- Video Games - The Great Connector: behind the scenes on (one of) my proudest achievements
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The Making of a Digital Educator
For my recent post on DMLcentral I wanted to explore how digital educators are trained to do what they do… or are we just figuring it out on our own? You can read the original here or read it below … Continue reading
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Four Conferences in Four Weeks: ASTC, MakerFaire, DML & MineFaire
I am getting ready for weeks upon weeks of conference travel. To get me pumped up (both to go and share it with you) I created this video in homage to science museums (using the new video sensation I learned … Continue reading
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Introducing My New Position at the American Museum of Natural History
On October 5th, 2012, I began working in the Education department at the American Museum of Natural History, as their new Associate Director of Digital Learning. It has been an incredible four years. Now, as I move into a new … Continue reading
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Killer Snails gets a killer fan-made theme song
Here’s the story from the Killer Snails co-founder, Jessica Ochoa Hendrix: As you know, Killer Snails attended two gaming conferences this summer. At the first conference, Origins Game Fair, we met a musician who performs as Rhiannon’s Lark. She really … Continue reading
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How to Design a Youth Space With Youth: an interview with the Shedd Aquarium’s Wade Berger
This is my third and final interview in a series exploring learning labs in Chicago Museums (the first focused on The Field Museum and the second on the Art Institute of Chicago). In this edition I interviewed Wade Berger, in … Continue reading
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Augmented Wearables and the Future of Museums: An Update
Below is a re-blog from my latest DMLcentral post, which you can find in its original form here. I wrote this one ready to go a few weeks ago, just before the launch of the widely popular augmented reality mobile … Continue reading
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Launch of Augment Reality Activity Sheets to Renew Cultural Halls
For the past two years, the Museum has been experimenting with both digital and analog ways to augment the visitor experience within our Hall of Northwest Coast Indians. Today, the results of those efforts will launch in the Hall for … Continue reading
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Latest (last) Episode of Object Oriented
This episode of Object Oriented is about what new digital learning initiatives we’ve been working on at our respective institutions. This podcast is hosted by Rik Panganiban (Senior Manager of Digital Learning at the California Academy of Sciences), Barry Joseph … Continue reading
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Video from “Co-Designing Museums of the Future” Presentation at Games For Change Festival
Last month, I had the opportunity at the 13th annual Games For Change Festival to work with two youth from our educational programs to explore how the Museum understands games as a form of public engagement and, more specifically, how … Continue reading
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The Secret Sauce in Pokémon Go: Big Data
My recent post for my DMLcentral column was inspired by my amazement at the emergence of Pokemon Go in the past week (has it REALLY not been a full week yet?). Go check it out on DMLcentral or take a … Continue reading