The Lost Museum
Item
Title
The Lost Museum
Creator
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning in collaboration with Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
homepage
https://lostmuseum.cuny.edu/about.php#sponsor
Description
The video explains through descriptive audio and pictures how Barnum's American Museum opened in 1841 in New York City, in no time became the most visited place in America but was destroyed in July 1865. It then shows the effects of this damage through animated pictures, music, and no descriptive audio.
Requirements
Computer, internet connection, ability to analyze data through audio description, visuals, and text.
Alternatives
This is a website with more details to better understand the story of the lost museum:
https://visualizingnyc.org/essays/barnums-museum/
https://visualizingnyc.org/essays/barnums-museum/
Get Started
Basic knowledge of museums and Geography.
Accessibility
Having audio description, visuals and text makes it more accessible. However, it does not include subtitles in the video to help understand the audio better. It is limited to only one language, which is English.
Language
English
Date Copyrighted
2002-2015