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.

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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NYTimes promotes MicroRangers in “Solving Mysteries at the AMNH, Smartphone in Hand”

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Barry

Sometimes when it rains it pours. Today I am quoted in the New York Times, in two different pieces, each talking about digital games (both articles previewed online – the print versions come out tomorrow and this weekend). First, the … Continue reading →

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Promotional Coverage for “Game On! MicroRangers Competition” Begins in the New York Observer

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Barry

This Sunday we will hold a special event to bring people to the Museum to play MicroRangers, called Game ON! MicroRangers Competition. It will be a great opportunity to help spread the word about this new way to engage with … Continue reading →

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Presenting Digital Learning Across The Country

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Hannah Jaris

The Spring conference season is upon us! Over the next four weeks, Barry and I are gearing up for at least 7 talks and presentations about games and learning in museums, blended learning, augmented reality and more, all based on … Continue reading →

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MicroRangers March Madness

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Barry

I guess I’ll do anything to promote MicroRangers! This week CBS Sports came to the Museum to record a goofy bit interviewing staff about building a bracket for March Madness. I carried a MicroRanger coin with me JUST IN CASE … Continue reading →

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Game Night Gone Wild @AMNH

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Barry

Do games belong in museums? Well, the 500 attendees at last night’s sold out event – Game Night Gone Wild – answered with their feet: “Hell, yes! (and pass the dice…)” This is not the first time the Museum has … Continue reading →

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