A little surprise

For our group project, we picked national museum of the American Indian as a comparison to the natural history Museum. The museum is a beautiful piece of architecture hiding on the far side of the Smithsonian Institute near the Capitol Hill. Even though I have lived in DC for nearly 3 years, this was the first time I came here. Clearly it’s not as popular as the other big names, but I marked my whole experience surprisingly enjoyable.

                                      

We visited the American Indian Museum right after the Natural History.  It was an immediate contrast: a noisy place to a harmony surrounding.  Instead of squeezing into the information desk, we’ve been warmly greeted by Jimmy, a volunteer coordinator at the information desk.  When he saw me picked up a Chinese guidance, he greeted me in Chinese “Ni Hao”, and handed me another print out Chinese version introduction about Native American.  As a Native American himself, he has a great passion working in the museum and this enthusiasm appears to be contagious. We were all refreshed and excited for the exhibition.

We started our visit with a video about native people of the eastern Hemisphere in the little theater. The unique round theater has a forward, overhead and lower screen using 360-degree photography that created a truly immersive experience.

Probably there were less content compare to the Natural History Museum, but the whole learning experience was exceptional. And as you can see, both of my teammates were having fun with the learning program design for the visitors! 

This was probably the best group project I’ve ever done, not only we could enjoy our mystery visitor experience, but also we could analyze those experiences in different methology. 

-Joary