A few years ago it was normal to go to a museum on the weekend with your family. The children enjoyed these excursions however today they just get bored. But why? The problem is that in former times it was new to see things in museums especially when you are very young, it was exciting. But today you can do so much else to get entertained. Children are bored with simple images or info boards in a museum.

So that the museums don’t get replaced by video games or something else, they have to think about something which is more exciting in informing people.

The British Museum for example developed something interesting.

„The technology transformed the museum experience for a child into a story puzzle using a dedicated tablet app. The app sets up a game, A Gift for Athena, which rewards the visitor for finding certain statues from their outlines by telling them more about the exhibit and directing them into the next stage of the game.“ – The Guardian

Like this, children learn something in the museum and play a game while doing it. I think it is really good because you can perceive the information better, when you have fun while learning it.

Source: The Guardian