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The picture reel inside a hand-cranked Mutoscope movie viewer

Before your visit · Grades 6 to 8

Play this, then ask three questions

Then ask

Pick one object. What job did it do, and what did its designer add just to make it beautiful?
The Atari had very little memory, so its pictures are made of blocks. How can a limit create a style?
What will people 80 years from now notice about the things you use every day?

Grades 3 to 5 version →← Plan a visit

The videos play from our own site, not YouTube, so school web filters that block YouTube shouldn’t stop them. Captions start off; press Captions (or the CC button in the player) to turn them on. Some pictures and voices were made with AI tools and are labeled on screen.

Before your visit · Grades 6 to 8

Play this, then ask three questions

Then ask

Pick one object. What job did it do, and what did its designer add just to make it beautiful?
The Atari had very little memory, so its pictures are made of blocks. How can a limit create a style?
What will people 80 years from now notice about the things you use every day?

Grades 3 to 5 version →← Plan a visit

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Play this, then ask three questions

Play this, then ask three questions