The Lost Museum

Yesterday I wrote about sites that allowed you to conduct research on the web. Today I want to point you to a site that actually tries to recreate a historical site. The Lost Museum (www.lostmuseum.cuny.edu) presents a virtual recreation of PT Barnum's Museum, once located in lower Manhattan. You can browse the galleries and zoom in on some artifacts in order to learn more information about them. There are background essays and primary documents and, for teachers, suggestions for classroom activities. You can even try to solve the mystery of who burned down the museum, if that is your cup of tea. It is really an incredible project. In order to make full use of the site, you need Flash 7 and Internet Explorer 5 or higher.