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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Morphing a Digital Classroom into a Museum Hangout: An Interview with Eve Gaus of the Field Museum
Last March, when I was in Chicago for the Museums and the Web conference, I ran around the city to meet with my colleagues in museums and libraries who were willing to share their youth spaces and how they’ve been … Continue reading
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Video teaser of two upcoming museum-based science games: Flora and MicroRangers
There are two games we’ve been developing through our youth programs in association with an exhibit opening in the Museum this fall. Flora is a card game and MicroRangers is an augmented mobile game. At last week’s internal professional development … Continue reading
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Object Oriented – Episode 1 – The Digital Lens in Museum Education
Below is a re-post from Object Oriented, the new podcast series launched this week, developed in collaboration with my colleagues at The Field Museum and the California Academy of Sciences. Please check it out and help spread the word! Object … Continue reading
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Has the @CooperHewitt Pen Turned Museums into Libraries? A Visit to the Renovated Cooper-Hewitt Museum
If you haven’t heard about the new Pen at the renovated Cooper-Hewitt, it’s all the buzz in the museum world. It’s the tool that changed a traditional museum into a leading model for the digital age. As it turns out, … Continue reading
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Research on Using AI, AR, and Narrative to Customize Visitor Experience: An interview with Maria Roussou about the CHESS Project
At April’s Museums and the Web conference in Chicago, I heard a fascinating presentation by Maria Roussou, talking about the CHESS Project, a research study exploring how museums could personalize a visitor’s experience before they arrived and throughout their visit. … Continue reading
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Video Snapshots on Bron Stuckey and Me: On Minecraft, Augmented Reality and Digital Learning
Last Friday Bron Stuckey, from Sydney, Australia, led an unconference in association with last week’s Games For Change Festival called the EduGameMeet. We at the Museum were delighted to provide the space for them to hold this no cost, informal, … Continue reading
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On Beyond Gaming: Minecraft and The Future of Transmedia Learning
At this year’s annual Games for Change Festival, “transmedia” was a topic right out of the gate, first with the talk by Nick Fortugno, and then, following soon after, in one by Martin Elricsson. Later that first day I brought … Continue reading
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Reclaiming Culture Through Game Design: Sneak Peak at Our Games For Change Panel
As an original co-founder of the Games For Change Festival, I am always excited to both attend the annual event and also bring new voices to this important forum. In past years that has often looked like bringing teenagers to … Continue reading
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Slides and Twitterfall from the Elevator Pitch(fork) Death Battle at #MW2015
This afternoon I had the pleasure of participating in this rocking panel to close out the Museums and the Web conference: A Creative Confluence: When Educational Products & Youth Programming Collide. I wrote earlier about the fun plans we had … Continue reading
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A Hyperlapse Tour of Chicago’s Museums
One of the great things about going to a conference like Museums and the Web, as I did in Chicago this week, are all the opportunities I get to LEAVE the conference to visit other museums – sometimes with the … Continue reading
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