Engaging Children With The Siren Call Of The App

Museums Using Apps To Attract Younger Crowd
A diorama of Bison and Pronghorn in Wyoming is seen in a preview of the reopening of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial and the Jill and Lewis Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History October 25, 2012 in New York. Bighorn Sheep in Alberta, Canada (R) and Bison and Pronghorn in Wyoming (L) are two of the restored dioramas. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
A diorama of Bison and Pronghorn in Wyoming is seen in a preview of the reopening of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial and the Jill and Lewis Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History October 25, 2012 in New York. Bighorn Sheep in Alberta, Canada (R) and Bison and Pronghorn in Wyoming (L) are two of the restored dioramas. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Each summer for several years, a two-week seminar at the American Museum of Natural History has allowed 25 youngsters to use technology to resurrect a prehistoric marine animal by designing realistic 3-D models and sea environments.

Every year, the program, “Virtual World Institute: Cretaceous Seas,” for children ages 11 to 14, fills up quickly.

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