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.

The launch of Minecraft at the Museum of Natural History

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Barry

Minecraft, the indie-success video game that has sold more than 20,000,000 copies in under two years, is now coming to the American Museum of Natural History. Its players learn how to “mine” natural resources in their unique, resource-rich world and … Continue reading →

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Using Card Games to Bring a Sense of Play to Informal Science Learning

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Barry

This Fall the Museum will be launching our first Science Card Game program (more details later and registration notification sign-up here). This grew, in part, from a number of Digital Playgrounds I blogged about last spring, such as the awesome … Continue reading →

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Teaching Paleontology at Night at the Museum through Digital Fabrication

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Barry

For sure, one of the coolest things about working at the Museum is getting to be involved with the sleepovers, otherwise known as Night at the Museum. Sorry, it is not like the movie – the dioramas do not come … Continue reading →

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Official Video From Capturing Dinosaurs

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Barry

I am thrilled to be able to now share with all of you the official video from our Capturing Dinosaurs program, which concluded just over two weeks ago. The Communications department did a fantastic job of capturing the excitement experienced … Continue reading →

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A Trip to Shapeways: Visting the Future of Digital Printing

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Barry

Last May, a number of us from around the Museum took a field trip to Long Island City, an industrialized section of western Queens, walking over bridges and past train depots to get to a nondescript warehouse-style building whose occupants … Continue reading →

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Gizmodo piece on Capturing Dinosaurs

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Barry

Capturing Dinosaurs concluded last Friday with an amazing presentation by the youth. It was all youth led, full of science, 3D fabricated fossils and bad, very bad, dinosaur jokes (Why did the dinosaur cross the street? Because the chicken hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Capturing Dinosaurs – The Beginning

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Barry

Yesterday we launched a ten day summer program for high school youth using the Museum’s dinosaur collections and the tools of digital fabrication to teach comparative fossil anatomy. The program, Capturing Dinosaurs, is a remarkable collaboration amongst our education department, … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Re-Newed Wonder at the AMNH through Virtual Wonder Cabinet Program

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Barry

During January’s Digital Learning Week, the Museum’s Youth Initiatives team brought together youth, Museum educators, and scientists for a series of programs to explore using digital tools to engage with Museum halls, collections, and research. This post about “Virtual Wonder … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Follow Me – A Youth Audio Guide Program

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Barry

During January’s Digital Learning Week, the Museum’s Youth Initiatives team brought together youth, Museum educators, and scientists for a series of programs to explore using digital tools to engage with Museum halls, collections, and research. This post about “Follow Me” … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Digital Fabrication: My Talk at the MakerBot Store

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Barry

Last month, I presented at the MakerBot store in New York City, a talk that might as well have been called “My adventures in digital fabrication at the American Museum of Natural History.” As the first consumer 3D printing store, … Continue reading →

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