3D Museums:tactile learning, greater accessGeorge Oates CEO & Co-founder @ Museum in a Box @ukglo @_museuminabox Faro, Brussels, 29 November 2016

George Oates Adrian McEwen Thomas Flynn

Many museums only have about 5% of their collection on display.How can we help show 10%, 20%, or even 100%?

We’re bringing museums to the classroom.

21st Century skills

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Object-based learning

21st Century skillswww.p21.org cogent reasoning, evidence collection, critical-thinking, problem-solving, analyticalcommunication

OBJECT

Production

Materials

Historical implications

Aesthetic value

Environmental relevance

Use

Social implications

Relations to other objects

Value

Object’s history Complementary information

‘Learning from Objects’ diagram. DfES publication DfES/0159/2002, page 11. Published by RCMG, Feb 2002

Object as prompt

Tactile response

Robust, replicable, replaceable museum objects

Use cheap, open tech; encourage DIY

Record your impression, narrative, counter-narrative

Exponential increase in access?

Objects connected

Objects come alive

Thanks!Museum in a Box: tactile learning, greater accessGeorge Oates CEO & Co-founder @ Museum in a Box @ukglo glo@museuminabox.org @_museuminabox