MICRO (NGO)

MICRO (NGO)Formation| 2017; 8 years ago (2017)

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Founder|

* Amanda Schochet
* Charles Philipp

Type| Non-profit organizations
Products| Builds six-foot-tall museums
Website| micro.ooo

MICRO is a non-profit organization that builds six-foot-tall museums that are installed in public spaces like transit hubs, community centers, and hospital waiting rooms.[1][2] Each museum explores one topic through holograms, videos, and 3D printed miniature sculptures.[3][4]

MICRO currently has two museums on view, the Smallest Mollusk Museum, and the Perpetual Motion Museum.[5][6]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Locations
* 3 In the media
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History[edit]

MICRO was founded by scientist Amanda Schochet and producer Charles Philipp in 2017.[7][8][9] Before founding MICRO, Schochet was a computational ecologist and researcher for NASA and the Smithsonian, and Phillipp produced for TV networks.[10][11]

MICRO’s first museum, the Smallest Mollusk Museum, launched publicly in late October 2017.[5] This museum shares the history and science of mollusks, marine dwelling invertebrates. The second MICRO museum is a physics and engineering museum, the Perpetual Motion Museum, which explores energy and humanity’s fascination with a hypothetical perpetual motion machine.[12][13]

## Locations[edit]

Lincoln Medical Center[14], Bronx Family Courts, LinkedIn Building, Brooklyn Public Library[15][16], Ronald McDonald House NY[3], Bellevue Hospital in Kips Bay, Ace Hotel, Rockefeller Center Concourse[17], the Brooklyn Navy Yards, Pioneer Works in Red Hook, and Governors Island.

## In the media[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Kaplan, Sarah (November 28, 2017). "The creators of the world's smallest mollusk museum have giant ambitions". The Washington Post.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. ↑ "Putting Miniature Museums Where You Are Likely To See Them". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "MICRO Museum: the World's Smallest Museum Arrives at NYC's Ronald McDonald House". Untapped New York. 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
4. ↑ "The Smallest Mollusk Museum Brings Science Education to Unexpected Places". Hyperallergic. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Micro mollusk museum on display inside the Brooklyn Public Library". www.ny1.com. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
6. ↑ "MICRO Museum Creators Have Big Plans for Bringing Science to the Masses". Observer. 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
7. ↑ "A Museum Designed for City Life Debuts". nextcity.org. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
8. ↑ "Taking Museums to Where the People Are". American Alliance of Museums. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
9. ↑ "A New Trend of Micro Museums Is Making Science Portable". Goodnet. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
10. ↑ Schochet, Amanda. "Transcript of "How bumble bees inspired a network of tiny museums"". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
11. ↑ "How 'micro museums' are spreading the love of science to everyone". Upworthy. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
12. ↑ "MICRO Museum: the World's Smallest Museum Arrives at NYC's Ronald McDonald House". Untapped New York. 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
13. ↑ "3D Printed Octopus Brain Part of Tiny Museum Exhibit". 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
14. ↑ "Smallest Mollusk Museum comes to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln". amsterdamnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
15. ↑ November 14, Meaghan McGoldrick • (2017-11-14). "Brooklyn Public Library now home to world's smallest mollusk museum". The Brooklyn Home Reporter. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
16. ↑ Nov 14, Hannah Frishberg-; 2017 0 (2017-11-14). "'Tiny science museum' takes up residence in Brooklyn Public Library's lobby". Brokelyn. Retrieved 2020-06-28.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
17. ↑ "The Smallest Mollusk Museum comes to Rock Center in April @rockcenter #RockCenter". NYC Single Mom. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2020-06-28.

## External links[edit]

* MICRO (NGO) on Facebook
* MICRO (NGO) on Instagram
* MICRO (NGO) on Twitter
* A New Trend of Micro Museums Is Making Science Portable
* MICRO Museum: the World's Smallest Museum Arrives at nycs ronald mcdonald house
* Putting Miniature Museums Where You Are Likely To See Them
* MICRO Museum Creators Have Big Plans for Bringing Science to the Masses

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