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The Moveable Museum
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The Moveable Museum is an educational outreach program operated by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City under the auspices of the Gottesman Center for Science Teaching and Learning. The program is available free of charge to all schools in the five boroughs of New York City and consists of four themed vehicles outfitted with hands-on, interactive exhibits covering paleontology, anthropology and astronomy. The Moveable Museum program has been in operation since 1993, in which time it's visited over 700 schools in NYC and many libraries. Current Moveable Museum Vehicles :*Paleontology of Dinosaurs (Grades K-2) :::Paleontology of Dinosaurs is the oldest Moveable Museum vehicle currently in operation. Active since 1998, this vehicle is focused on teaching children how paleontologists use fossils to study dinosaurs and other ancient life. :*Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries (Grades 3-8) :*Structures & Culture (Grades 3-8) :::The Structures & Culture Moveable Museum allows students to traverse the globe and enter the homes of three modern nomadic cultures—the Gabra of Kenya, the Mongols of Mongolia and the Blackfeet of Montana. By studying actual pieces of material culture, students become anthropologists and investigate how culture allows people to use various environmental resources to meet basic human needs. :*Discovering the Universe (Grades 6-12) Current Moveable Museum Staff Rebecca Hampden Taylor, Jude Maragliano, Russell Taragan, Joanna Gammans, Dustin Growick See Also
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