The lost museum is a virtual reality version of P.T. Barnum’s American Museum in New York City. The website is greatly interactive as it allows it visitors to solve the mystery and explore the classroom all while visiting the website. It’s really a great thing to have for people who are interested int he topic, but do not have the opportunity to make the trip to the actual museum.
Digital mapping has both its positive and negative qualities. It grants access to information to people who might not have the physical opportunity to visit the physical museum. Not only does digital mapping make it easier for people from far away to take a look, it also ensures that the information will be accessible for years. Putting it out there on the internet, while maybe only photographs and typed words, it creates an archive that cant be lost due to decay. A negative of digital mapping is the desensitization toward a subject due to the physical divide. Being in the presence of history is a very different experience than simply viewing it on your computer screen. While this is something unfortunate about digital mapping, there are definitely more benefits and positives associated with digital mapping than there are negatives.
Grace Staudt