> > Judy, > > At the Dallas Museum of Art we are just beginning to develop a suite a > applications to teach kids about ancient Egyptian life and culture. One > piece will introduce children to hieroglyphics and let them translate some > basic words (including their first name). After they successfully > 'decode' the glyph writing (it will be configured to be a 'no lose' type > of activity), they will receive a laser printed certificate as an expert > egyptologist or something similar. We are planning to install this first > in our children's gallery area, and later move it to a new interpretive > area near our Egyptian Gallery. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Kevin J. Comerford | internet: [log in to unmask] > Visual Resource Librarian / | > Director of Information Technology | > Dallas Museum of Art | compuserve: 71233,2412 > 1717 North Harwood | voice: 214-922-1281 > Dallas, TX 75201 | fax: 214-954-0174 > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > On Mon, 13 Jun 1994, Judith Koke wrote: > > > A colleague in the Programs and Interpretation dept > > of the Art Gallery of Ontario is researching gallery games > > for programme development. We'd love to hear from > > galleries/museums that have interesting ideas for > > activies in gallery spaces that stimulate creative > > thought. Our focus is obviously art, but we're > > interested in any activity that takes place in museum > > spaces and engages kids and objects! > > I'm not sure who else would be interested, so reply > > to list or my address specifically. We'd be glad to > > share info collected! This should be fun! > > Judy Koke > > [log in to unmask]