Abroad Overload!

then bring the museum to the people." Me, it was me, I said that. Museums like the Smithsonian have it easy. Well, for the most part. The museums are known worldwide and with a massive range of subjects and topics, it's pretty hard to not find something of interest even to the most stubborn of visitors. The entire concept of a target audience is something all museums should keep in mind. Speaking from experience, I might delve deep into a specific moment in U.S. history, but my dad might hang back. Same with vice-versa - my dad will spend all day in a museum about planes and their components while I stare glassy-eyed at the 60th engine of the day. Sometimes that's just the way people are. Not every person that walks into a museum is going to feel the same way as another, but at least they are setting foot in the door. Where we really have a problem are the people who just do not go to museums. In our theory class, we read an article by Marilyn Hood titled, "St...

...and video gaming is a huge part of our culture." Andy Serkis Oh gosh now's my time! I LOVE historical gaming. Not that I really participate or anything, it's just a wild thought that you can sneak historical learning into a game just like how you sneak vegetables into a little kids penne pasta. Blog Meister Jessica presenting a poster on gaming and interactive exhibits as undergrad research *Fun fact, I didn't know that was the dean of the college of Arts and Sciences* The first time I can recall any sort of relationship being made between history and gaming was when I was a senior sitting in my high-school military history class. My teacher was awesome, in fact, it's probably his fault I majored in history at all. Anyway, we were talking about a certain British officer and to make a connection to my class (who were mostly guys, cause, military) he mentioned how in Assassins creed III, a mission was to assassinate said officer. Wait, characters in g...