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.

Oct Update: Prototyping Biological Data Interactives through an AR Shark

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Barry

This is the first in a new monthly series of posts that will focus on our current efforts in the Museum’s Science Bulletins team to create and test prototypes of Hall-based digital interactions using AR and VR using our scientists’ … Continue reading →

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Introducing My New Position at the American Museum of Natural History

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Barry

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

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Barry

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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Minecraft and the Human Microbiome

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Hannah Jaris

“Now, everyone walk into the head and then teleport to the stomach…” and so begins the the second and final summer week of the the Minecraft & Human Microbiome program here at the American Museum of Natural History. For the … Continue reading →

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Launch of Augment Reality Activity Sheets to Renew Cultural Halls

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Barry

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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Video from “Co-Designing Museums of the Future” Presentation at Games For Change Festival

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Barry

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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Working with Youth To Design Museums of the Future – presentation at 13th Games For Change Festival

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Barry

“As a parent, I hope this project is expanded. Our family looked at the museum in a different way and they now have interest in learning more about microorganisms!” This Thursday I and two youth from our educational programs will … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Climate Change, Take Two! Teens Use SciViz Techniques to Explore Threats of Sea-level Rise in New York City

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Hannah Jaris

Our youth program, Visualizing Climate Change, offered in the fall of 2014, was such a success that we decided to offer the data visualization program again, but under a new name—Mapping Disasters. This time around it was important to expand … Continue reading →

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Coverage in Vice’s Motherboard: “How Games Are Changing the Museum Experience”

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Barry

We’re appreciative of Becky Ferreira‘s recent coverage in Vice’s Motherboard of a variety of efforts around AMNH to explore how games can enhance the visitor experience – from exhibit-based interactives (Flap Like a Pterosaurs), Hall-based games (MicroRangers), to tabletop gaming … Continue reading →

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Check out this INSANE Hollywood-style MicroRangers Trailer

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Barry

To support this Sunday’s Game On! MicroRangers Competition, the following “trailer” was created, that will run on and off all day in our Hall of Ocean Life, on the giant screen beneath the whale. I can’t wait to see and … Continue reading →

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