Conservation Central

Conservation Central named “Best Museum Website” by an international panel of jurors at Museums and the Web 2004! Working with Brad Larson Media, Max Media produced several components for Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s ‘Conservation Central’. Conservation Central is a habitat education program that explores the temperate forest, home of the giant panda and black bear, through […]

Renaissance Connection

description Produced for Eduweb and the Allentown Art Museum. This multi-faceted Web site explores Renaissance visual arts and innovations and their role in the making of the modern world. Users can explore the history of the renaissance, create their own “innovation,” and even go back in time to place innovations in their correct year and […]

The Caregiver Challenge

descriptionAn online quiz game produced for Educational Web Adventures, LLC and the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. The Caregiver Challenge measured your attitudes and actions to predict how your child grows up caring about nature. technicalFlash 5 actionscripting, integration of external art files for use in Flash 5

Jefferson’s West

description Produced by Educational Web Adventures for Colonial Williamsburg, this project sought to combine engaging gameplay with personal storytelling in a role-playing story about the Lewis & Clark expedition. The focus was on the things that the expedition collected and how those objects shaped Jefferson’s view of the Western lands. technical Flash 5 actionscripting, game […]

PDArtist

description Produced by Educational Web Adventures for Sanford ArtEdventures. The publisher’s description: “You witness a crime, and the police ask you to help identify the culprit, using their new PDArtist tool. Learn how your left and right brain work and the best ways to use your brain as an artist. Can you create composite portraits […]

Cosmic Questions

description Three interactive kiosks, produced for the Cosmic Questions travelling exhibit by Jeff Kennedy Associates and the Boston Museum of Science. In the two “Meet the Observers” kiosks, the user explores the Mauna Kea or Chandra observatories. In “Your Turn at the Telescope” the user can actually photograph a celestial object using a network of […]

Museum Projects

Max Media has developed museum interactives for science, history, art, and cultural museums, as well as zoos and educational foundations. Whether kiosk-based or online, these educational interactives have used Flash, Quicktime video, 3D animations, and engaging text to bring content to life for museum visitors around the country. Clients include: Smithsonian’s National ZooBoston Museum of […]