How Art Museums Can Engage the Future Female Artists

As an avid visitor of art museums, I find that most visitors who come to art museums are adults-only groups or adults with older children. When researching this article, I found that much of the internet views art museums as less child-friendly. I find this surprising...

A Children’s Museum that is Fun for Adults

The National Children’s Museum in the Washington DC area encourages children to learn through play. Its exhibitions are full of interactivities for children ranging from 0-12 years old, with a focus on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math). I...

Playing Ephedrismos

How long have girls played games? Some of the earliest evidence of games specifically for girls comes from Ancient Greece. This terracotta statuette features two girls, one carrying another, thought to illustrate the game of ephedrismos. In the game, a stone would be...

Games + Learning + Girls

We have all seen the little comics and stereotypes about “gamer girls” and it seems to be a common opinion that video games are made for boys. I was given the special opportunity to learn first-hand that girl gamers are awesome and contribute a lot to...

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