The NeoMuseum in Yoshino, Japan is a prototype for a chidrens media museum, an experiment in collaborative research with the goal of creating a multimedia-based learning environment for children. The name NeoMuseurn reflects the goal of exploring new roles for childrens museums made possible by new educatlonal technologies. The purpose of the NeoMuseum is to design and develop socially shared e...

Our fundamental notions of childhood are socially constructed and change over time as documented by Calvert in her book, “Children in the House” [8]. As a result, it can be very difficult for designers of interactive media for children to distinguish between a specific group of childusers and current cultural representations of children, their remembrances of childhood and their personal experi...