Friday, September 09, 2016

Website Review: The Cyrus Tang Hall of China

THE CYRUS TANG HALL OF CHINA from The Field Museum is an online exhibition exploring the history of China.
Users begin by exploring the exhibition. The exhibition is divided into an introduction, five galleries, and two interactives exploring the diverse landscapes, ethnicities, social statuses, and lived experiences across time and space. Artifacts in the exhibition range thousands of years.
Each highlighted artifact includes background information, visuals, and background information.
The interactive elements allow users to explore information about China through a timeline and map video as well as a 360 virtual exhibit exploration tool.
Librarians will find the online exhibition to be an engaging way to experience the history of China. A supplemental website contains educational materials that focus on object-based learning approaches. These tools connect well with information skills and information inquiry activities in the library.
To visit the website, go to http://chinahall.fieldmuseum.org/.