Category Archives: From My Work

These are posts that have to do with my day to day job at the American Museum of Natural History.

WSJ Covers Robotic Telepresence in our Hall of Northwest Coast Indians

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Barry

Here’s an AWESOME piece in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs: “Robo Tour Guides Are Ready to Roll at Museums.” It features our explorations of using telepresence robots in our Hall of Northwest Coast Indians (which I discussed here). … Continue reading →

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When Teens Learn SciViz Techniques To Explore Impact of Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Hannah Jaris

Last fall, high school students in the After School Program, Visualizing Climate Change, offered at the American Museum of Natural History, learned about the science of climate change through the filter of data visualization. This was the first climate change … Continue reading →

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MicroRanger Teaser – art, augmented animation, and minigames

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Barry

This is the season. After more than a year and a half, MicroRangers is getting ready to launch. In spring, 2014, we held the first youth program, MicroMuseum, to see if this idea even had any legs, the idea of … Continue reading →

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MicroRangers Back in the Studio

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Barry

Earlier this summer, after a competitive audition process, we brought youth from across our Education programs into the AMNH sound studio to record audio for MicroRangers, our upcoming, Hall-based mobile game. This is always an exciting time, as the project … Continue reading →

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Using an Iterative Design Process to Re-vision Cultural Halls Through Digital Media

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Barry

Last year we had an idea — one of those late-night-shouldn’t-you-be-sleeping kind of crazy ideas — for helping visitors form deeper connections with our the Hall of Northwest Coast Indians. To my delight it was included within a slate of … Continue reading →

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Creating the GLS Museum of Natural History

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Barry

At this year’s Games, Learning and Society Conference (GLS), I worked with Nick Fortugno, Debra Everett-Lane, and Hannah Jaris to create a unique conference experience to explore what it means for contemporary museums to bring games to the public (Nick … Continue reading →

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The GLS (Games, Learning and Society) Museum of Natural History opens next week in Madison, Wisconsin

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Barry

The pop-up GLS Museum of Natural History will be opening next week, on July 8th, at 2:30 – 3:30. Everyone is invited to help build the museum and explore the relationship between museum design and game play. Donations are still … Continue reading →

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How long does it take a Neanderthal detective to crack the case?

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Hannah Jaris

Imagine you are staring at a spreadsheet with 99 rows of data. You have been interacting with weekend visitors at the American Museum of Natural History for several months facilitating a new interactive experience. This is the first time you … Continue reading →

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Video teaser of two upcoming museum-based science games: Flora and MicroRangers

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Barry

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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Video Snapshots on Bron Stuckey and Me: On Minecraft, Augmented Reality and Digital Learning

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Barry

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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