Are Virtual Museums actually Museums?
Museums as we know them are buildings that house items. How is it that a virtual museum is a museum if there is no building associated with it? Virtual museums have built on the museum concept by creating interactivity and programs in a virtual setting. They are meant to augment the experience through learning content. Some are independent of a brick and mortar museum, but many virtual museums can be physically visited and are tied directly to museums, as we have seen through this blog. Currently, we are all still in the middle of a pandemic, and the virtual museum as an educational tool holds a great deal of value. Whether it is a tool being utilized by educators or parents who want to ensure their children are exposed to something besides asynchronous work packets and ZOOM meeting classrooms. The experiences created by virtual museums continue to grow and can be augmented by virtual reality and other educational technologies. Even after th...