Alternate worlds’ hold key to the future of museums

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the museum’s Sensory Odyssey show relies on the latest technology and science to create an immersive visitor experience, with high-definition video footage of creatures great and small – from sperm whales to honeybees. Spatial audio and specially created scents transport visitors into unique ecosystems, from the Indian Ocean to the African savannah.

Even as they engage and entertain, the best museums stimulate new learning.

There is another societal good that museums can contribute to: the possibility of uplifting visitors with mental health issues, through the immersive and welcoming environments found in many museums. NMS and NGS have led the way on this, with special programmes and tours scheduled for seniors with dementia and their caregivers.

Qn: 'Children should be banned from visiting museums.' Discuss. (ACJC Prelim 2014)