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From WIPs

SketchUp model, rendered with Nxt,  a work in progress.

What is play?

In designing exhibits, we often want visitors to play and use their imagination. Its when the playful exploration starts to flow that learning and inspiration can happen.

This little tot is in the grove of things.

NPR Story Aired tonight

"On a recent evening, 100 museum professionals gathered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., to hear a lecture — not about funding, or curatorial responsibility — but about games. It's time to "turn visitors into players," Jane McGonigal told them...."

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Interactive Games Make Museums A Place To Play : NPR

InformalScience web site

While browsing through the Museum 3.0 site I came across a reference to this site. Very similar to the Exhibit Files but with an emphasis on informal learning and science. Welcome to InformalScience | HOME

Amazing Find Friday

From Wired comes a story and video of an amazing feat of fake photography. The video features Corey Keller, the curator of a new exhibit,

The remarkable photos of the craters on the moon were made of..... plaster.