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In this brief post I just wanted to share my excitement for the opening of the Museum of Mathematics (MoMath)<\/a> in New York City tomorrow, December 15th.
\nThe first I heard of this was way back in 2009, when I read that Glen Whitney had quit his hedge fund job to start a math museum. There were a few articles, and I don’t remember which ones I read, but a quick google search yields this New Yorker article<\/a> and another on the New York Daily News<\/a>. It all started with the Math Midway<\/a>, which is a traveling math exhibit (and is still touring around the country). The plans to have a fixed museum became clearer last year, and for a while us math nerds have been holding our breaths for the grand opening. I know a few people who are lucky enough to be there this weekend and I am not ashamed to say I am very jealous.<\/p>\n

I can’t write much about what’s in the museum, obviously, but reading this New York Times article<\/a> got me really excited about visiting. It got me even more excited for the kids who will be visiting and getting to enjoy math in a hands-on and fun way, rather than the way in which it is traditionally presented in school (of course, some schools are starting to teach math in a hands-on fun way, but most still don’t). \u00a0I myself can’t wait to maybe take a field trip with my students (even though the museum is designed for kids from fourth to eighth grade, I think college students would get a kick out of this).\u00a0There is also a cool interview with Whitney in an\u00a0article in Nature<\/a> you might want to check out.<\/p>\n

So how about you, dear readers? Are you excited? Are you going to the opening or will you be going to the museum any time soon?<\/p>\n

NOTE: If anyone is attending the Joint Math Meetings in San Diego<\/a>, you can take a virtual tour of the Museum on Thursday from 6:00 p.m.\u20137:00 p.m. at the Santa Rosa room in the 1st floor of the Marriott.<\/p>\n

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In this brief post I just wanted to share my excitement for the opening of the Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) in New York City tomorrow, December 15th.<\/p>\n

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