At a walk-in workshop next to the Corning Museum of Glass, high school teacher Denise Miller pinched and pulled a glob of molten glass with foot-long "tweezers" to create a flower-shaped vase. Nearby, ...

“Look, but don’t touch” has been the watchword for museums. The only exceptions were institutions designed for children that offered lots of bells and whistles to keep the kids entertained. The rest ...

One year ago on GeekDad, you were reading this by Dave Banks. Forget the stereotype of the stuffy, don’t-touch-the-art, kid-unfriendly museum. Interactive museums can be entertaining, engaging and ...

A timeline arches along the speckled floor of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s new Visitor Hall. As guests venture through the space, they can examine placards marking different milestones in ...

On a recent evening, 100 museum professionals gathered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., to hear a lecture — not about funding, or curatorial responsibility — but about games. It's time to "turn ...

Forget the stereotype of the stuffy, don’t-touch-the-art, kid-unfriendly museum. Interactive museums can be entertaining, engaging and educational — even for a generation of kids raised on Nintendo DS ...