Mobile museum

Moveable museum.

A mobile museum is a museum educational outreach program that bring the museum to the people rather than vice versa.[1] Typically they can be in Recreational Vehicles (RVs) or trucks/trailers that drive to schools, libraries and rural events. Their business model is to use grant or donor support, as they goal is to make the museum exhibit accessible to underserved populations.[2] Below are some examples of mobile museums.

"TAME Trailblazer"[3]

Photo features a 40 ft trailer attached to a pickup truck, with colorful images on the side to show what exhibits the museum houses. These images include: a hurricane for weather, a fighter jet for aerodynamics, an athlete with a J-leg prosthetic for biotechnology, wind turbines on a hillside for energy, and the International Space Station for space.
Profile view of the Trailblazer II mobile STEM museum, taken in January 2018 in Austin, Texas. The Trailblazer program is offered by the Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering (TAME), to inspire students across Texas to launch careers in STEM.[4]

The Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering (TAME)[5] is a nonprofit founded in 1976 that maintains two traveling STEM-museums-on-wheels that visit thousands of students a year across Texas. Established in 1980 as the Expo-Tex traveling engineering exhibit,[6] the Trailblazer program expanded in 2013 to a fleet of two upgraded 40-ft trailers.

Both Trailblazer I and Trailblazer II contain five interactive STEM exhibit areas: Aerodynamics, Biotechnology, Energy, Space, and Weather. Exhibits include Robotic Surgery, Van de Graaff Generators, Virtual Reality Spacewalk, Green Screen Technology, Thermal Imaging, Wind Tunnels, and more.[7]

"The Trailblazers invite everyone to get excited about the world around us, from outer space to inside the human body. Based out of Austin, Texas, the Trailblazer program reaches potential where it lives, bringing interactive exhibits to communities all across the state of Texas. Students visiting the Trailblazer are stepping into a network[8] that is designed to support them as they advance—from after-school TAME Clubs to STEM Competitions, and on to college scholarships and mentoring."[3]

"Shark in a Bus"

An ex MTT Perth 1957 vintage Leyland Worldmaster Bus featuring a 5m long Great White Shark (White Pointer) and hundreds of marine objects collected around Australia primarily in the 1960s and 70s. This private collection toured Australia and contains the shark purported to have inspired the artist Damien Hurst. Shark in a Bus is completely self funded.[9]

"Van of Enchantment"

A pair of RV museum vans with themes related to cultural history that operate in New Mexico (NM), USA (run by the NM Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)), with primary funding from the NM Department of Transportation.[10][11]

"Strange Old Things" The Mobile Museum

Based in Wiltshire, UK, it aims to tell the story of Britain through interaction with items from various periods. It focuses on donations of items as opposed to money and operates out of a period military tent.[12]

Go van Gogh (Dallas Museum of Art)

School outreach program targeting children in school grades 1–6, operating in North Texas, USA.[13]

VanGo! (Susquehanna Art Museum)

Brings art works to schools, community festivals, retirement communities, and businesses. Runs during the school year. Started in 1992. [14]

Moveable Museum (AMNH)

The Moveable Museum was produced and managed by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City (NYC) 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 one themed vehicle outfitted with hands-on, interactive exhibits covering paleontology. The Moveable Museum formerly also included vehicles about anthropology and astronomy. The Moveable Museum program has been in operation since 1993, in which time it has visited over 700 schools in NYC and many libraries.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]

Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries and Structures & Culture.
Most recent Moveable Museum vehicle (donated to Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs in 2013[28])
  • Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries (Grades 3-8)[29]
Former 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.[30]
  • 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.[31]
  • Discovering the Universe (Grades 6–12)[32]

Discovering the Universe currently resides at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium.[33]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bring the Museum to you!". California, USA: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. ↑ 'Mobile museums (on a truck): History and science delivered', IDEA.org, 27 April 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Trailblazer". www.tame.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  4. ↑ "Trailblazer". www.tame.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  5. ↑ "Home". www.tame.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  6. ↑ "History". www.tame.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  7. ↑ "Trailblazer Concepts and Exhibits". www.tame.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  8. ↑ "Clubs". www.tame.org. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  9. ↑ "Giant 5m Great White Shark on view! Shark in a Bus, mobile museum". Sharkinabus.com. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  10. ↑ 'Mobile museums (on a truck): History and science delivered' 27-Apr-2011. IDEA.org.
  11. ↑ "Home". Van of Enchantment. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  12. ↑ "strange old things". Strange-old-things-the-mobile-museum.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  13. ↑ Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ Archived June 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑ "Jimmy van Bramer brings Moveable Museum to Queensbridge for Family Day" (PDF). Woodside Herald. 2005-06-25. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  16. ↑ "The Moveable Museum". Edwize.org. November 3, 2010. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  17. ↑ "American Museum of Natural History 2009 Annual Report" (PDF). The American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  18. ↑ "Fossilized Bones, Dinosaur Poo Are Hit in Park Slope". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 4, 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  19. ↑ "American Museum of Natural History Moveable Museum Program "Discovering the Universe" visits P.S. 225". NYC Department of Education. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  20. ↑ "Moveable Museums Make Trip to D.C. (video)". AMNH Youtube Channel. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  21. ↑ "Moveable Museum". National Lab Day. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  22. ↑ "Moveable Museum". Stuyvesant Town Events. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  23. ↑ "At Staten Island School, a Moving Way to Learn". SILive.com. 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  24. ↑ "Dinosaurs, Moveable Museums, and Science!". United States Department of Education. November 8, 2010. Archived from the original on November 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  25. ↑ "American Museum of Natural History brings Dinosaurs "Exhibit-on-Wheel" to Local Preschoolers". Educational Alliance. Archived from the original on 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  26. ↑ "AMNH Moveable at Family Fun Day". Family Health Resource Center & Patient Library. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  27. ↑ "M.O.N.H (sic) Moveable Museum". ColoriumLaboratorium. Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  28. ↑ Boodhoo, Thea. "Saving Mongolia's dinosaurs and inspiring the next generation of paleontologists". Earth Magazine. American Geosciences Institute. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  29. ↑ "Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries (3-8)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  30. ↑ "Paleontology of Dinosaurs (K-2)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  31. ↑ "Anthropology: Structures & Culture". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  32. ↑ "Astronomy: Discovering the Universe". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  33. ↑ "Astronomy: Discovering the Universe" (PDF). Suffolk County, NY Government. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
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