The Lost Museum
Item
Title
The Lost Museum
Creator
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning: The Graduate Center, City University of New York
in collaboration with
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media: George Mason University
in collaboration with
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media: George Mason University
homepage
Description
An interactive 3D space of P.T. Barnum's American Museum, which was burnt down on July 13th, 1865. Users can navigate through the digital re-creation of the museum by clicking on arrows to change their point-of-view and on objects within the re-creation to zoom in on them.
Along with the 3D re-creation is an archive of all the data used to make the resource accurate. Resources are searchable by name, theme, type of document, and exhibit.
The Classroom section of the website provides educators a simple way to teach alongside the program. There are a plethora of links that each provide a different experience for students to learn more about the museum and the time period.
Along with the 3D re-creation is an archive of all the data used to make the resource accurate. Resources are searchable by name, theme, type of document, and exhibit.
The Classroom section of the website provides educators a simple way to teach alongside the program. There are a plethora of links that each provide a different experience for students to learn more about the museum and the time period.
Requirements
A Computer.
Alternatives
None.
Get Started
Who P.T. Barnum was and his impact on American culture.
Accessibility
Users must have no major vision impairments.
Sounds/Voice acting is used, but subtitles are provided.
Sounds/Voice acting is used, but subtitles are provided.
Contributor
Andrea Ades Vásquez, Joshua Brown, Roy Rosenzweig - Executive Producers
Andrea Ades Vásquez - Project Director/Art Director
Pennee Bender - Producer
Ellen Noonan, Joshua Brown - Writers
Lee Ann Pomplas - 3-D Animator, Picture Gallery and Waxworks Room
Brian C. Muller - 3-D Animator, Lecture Room
Cortlan McManus - 3-D Animator, Barnum’s Office
Fernando Azevedo, Cristina Yunzal, Liliana Halim - Additional 3-D Animation
Original Programming Team
Andre Pitanga - Head Programmer
Joshua Harvey - Notebook Programmer
Burç Acar, Christopher Terry - Additional Programming
Elena Razlogova, Gene Yu, Michael Laine - Database Programmers
2015 Programming Team
Gretchen Rodriguez - Head Programmer
Joe Kirchhof - Archive Programmer
Marco Battistella - Additional Programming
Steve Prince - Additional Writing
Janine Giordano - Research
ICONOCLAST (Julie Joslyn, Leo Ciesa) - Music
Pat Muchmore - Sound Effects
Peter Buckley, David Carson, Markeisha Ensley, Carol Greski, Sam Hurlbut, Frank Poje, and Isa Vásquez- Voiceover Actors
Andrea Ades Vásquez - Project Director/Art Director
Pennee Bender - Producer
Ellen Noonan, Joshua Brown - Writers
Lee Ann Pomplas - 3-D Animator, Picture Gallery and Waxworks Room
Brian C. Muller - 3-D Animator, Lecture Room
Cortlan McManus - 3-D Animator, Barnum’s Office
Fernando Azevedo, Cristina Yunzal, Liliana Halim - Additional 3-D Animation
Original Programming Team
Andre Pitanga - Head Programmer
Joshua Harvey - Notebook Programmer
Burç Acar, Christopher Terry - Additional Programming
Elena Razlogova, Gene Yu, Michael Laine - Database Programmers
2015 Programming Team
Gretchen Rodriguez - Head Programmer
Joe Kirchhof - Archive Programmer
Marco Battistella - Additional Programming
Steve Prince - Additional Writing
Janine Giordano - Research
ICONOCLAST (Julie Joslyn, Leo Ciesa) - Music
Pat Muchmore - Sound Effects
Peter Buckley, David Carson, Markeisha Ensley, Carol Greski, Sam Hurlbut, Frank Poje, and Isa Vásquez- Voiceover Actors
Table Of Contents
Audience
Educators and Grade School Students.
Anyone curious to learn more about 1800s American culture.
Anyone curious to learn more about 1800s American culture.
Medium
Has a built-in game surrounding the mystery of the fire that burnt down the museum.
