What is your response to the New Children’s Museum? Have they successfully integrated new media into art that is appropriate, engaging for children? Is it just entertainment or is there educational value to what is being presented?
At the Children's Museum i felt that it was more geared towards infants to about 1st graders. the architecture of the building is beautiful, but i do not feel makes the museum inviting. i felt that when on the tour i was very young and our guide was treating us very little. granted i know she works with children all day, so that is what she is used too. i felt that all the different stations or exhibits were great on the integration of learning and media, although some were complex for the age range that they target. i felt that there was both entertainment and educational value that was presented. With that said when i was little i dont think that my mom would have taken me there because a lot of those lessons that were exhibits we learn in everyday life and through experience i.e. the rain house.
Excellent comments! I did feel the museum guide was pretty patronizing at times but tried to cut it some slack as she does work primarily with k-1st graders. I also agree that many of the lessons could be learned through everyday life experiences and that many of the abstract concepts embedded in the exhibit miss their mark. Bravo on being thoughtful and critical.
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