Category Archives: Interviews

This is a collection of original interviews done for the site.

How to Design a Youth Space With Youth: an interview with the Shedd Aquarium’s Wade Berger

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Barry

This is my third and final interview in a series exploring learning labs in Chicago Museums (the first focused on The Field Museum and the second on the Art Institute of Chicago). In this edition I interviewed Wade Berger, in … Continue reading →

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Skin in the Game: evaluating augmented reality in the Smithsonian Bone Hall

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Barry

Last month at the annual AAM conference, this year in D.C., I had the pleasure to present on the use of augmented reality in museums with Diana Marques, who spoke about her research developing an app for the Smithsonian’s National … Continue reading →

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Spider Goats, Sea Monkeys, and GMO Corn: a Museum of Modified Things – an interview

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Barry

In March, 2015, I read in National Geographic about a new small museum in Pennsylvania. Working at the American Museum of Natural History, I couldn’t help but jump up and take notice of their name: the Center for PostNatural History. … 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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10 minutes on my 15 years designing games in learning settings

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Barry

Matt Farber and Steve Isaacs recently interviewed me for their podcast on games-based learning. “Our guest introduces us to some of the fundamentals of how games can be used to effectively engage students and drive learning.” I talk about my … Continue reading →

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How Museums Prepare for the Arrival of the Future: an Interview with Elizabeth Merritt from the Center for the Future of Museums

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Barry

How do museums prepare for the arrival of the future, positioning themselves to be leaders in the learning ecology of tomorrow? For my DMLcentral column, I spoke with one person who keeps an eye on that horizon — Elizabeth Merritt … Continue reading →

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Digital R&D at the Met’s MediaLab: An interview with Marco Castro Cosio & Neal Stimler

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Barry

Last month we held an informal “Walk in the park” – colleagues from the  Metropolitan Museum of Art (on the opposite side of Central Park) paid us a visit and then we returned with them to check out their MediaLab. … Continue reading →

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Improving the Visitor Experience Through Digital Badges and Big Data: an Interview with Robert Stein of the Dallas Museum of Art

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Barry

I’m thrilled by my latest interview for DMLcentral, re-posted below. When the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) a few years ago announced it was doing away with museum membership (gasp!), it made big news. Its membership was replaced with an … Continue reading →

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Hear me talk about Minecraft all week (please tip your waiter)

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Barry

Sometimes the Minecraft stars align, and sometimes they get all jumbled, and sometimes they just run into a creeper and get blown up. Wait… where was I going with all this? Oh, right! This week I am participating in not … Continue reading →

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How Games Transform Museum Experience: An Interview with the Smithsonian’s James Collins

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Barry

Below is an interview I did for my column on DMLcentral. Click here to read it or scroll down below. Officially, James Collins is the Digital Media Project Manager at the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, working across … Continue reading →

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