The MIT Museum is hosting a free event called The Hackable Museum. on Saturday, April 14 @ 7PM as part of the Cambridge Science Festival.
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When museums make their collections assesible, it opens up myriad possibilities to create games, toys, designs, and other creative uses. Come for an evening to talk about and demo museum APIs and collections databases with museum hackers from various institutes around Cambridge and Boston. Share your ideas on how to improve, redesign and reimagine these systems. This program is geared toward a 16+ audience.
Guest speakers include:
– Jeff Steward, Harvard Art Museums
– Jimmy Rodgers, Museum of Science, Boston
– Dan Sullivan, Cuseum
Facebook page for this event: https://www.facebook.com/events/933555393474000/