Math Factory Working Group
The Math Factory Working Group convened on Monday, August 4th 2008, to kick off the process of creating an interactive museum of mathematics, which will be the only one of its kind in the United States. Comprised of currently working and retired education professionals and others interested in helping the Museum effort, the Working Group continues to meet and make recommendations to the Museum's Board of Trustees and implement activities of the Museum. If you are interested in joining this effort to give substance to the vision, contact the chairs of the group at workingchairs at momath.org.
The next meeting of the Math Factory Working Group will be Wednesday, February 29th from 7:30-9:30 pm, in the Math department of SUNY Farmingdale and also at the museum offices at 134 West 29th Street, Suite 709/710
New York, NY 10001. Please RSVP for the meeting; directions and dial-in information will be posted on the RSVP page.
Our future meetings have been set for the 2011-2012 school year. They are scheduled as follows: Mar. 21 (Wed), April 16 (Mon), May 14 (Mon), June 27 (Wed). If you cannot attend one of our meetings but want to be involved in the discussion you can call and participate. See the directions on the RSVP page for call-in participation:
The following materials are available to working group members:
Minutes of prior meetings, the Agenda of the upcoming meeting, and certain additional Working Pages.
Information
The Working Group is informally collecting the following information resources:
- Exhibit Concepts Archive
- A growing, creative, brainstorm-style list of possible exhibits/activities for the new museum
- Quotes
- Memorable quotes from mathematicians or other famous people that may be useful in museum literature or design
- Case
- Facts and statistics that make the case that we should create the Museum of Mathematics
- Careers
- Career experiences with mathematics
- Similar Institutions
- Although there is no physical museum dedicated to mathematics in the US, there are such museums in other countries, and some institutions in the US with mathematical content
- Potential Partners
- There are other organizations in the US whose missions are aligned with ours, and we seek to partner with them to further our joint missions
- Projected Benefits
- We strive to document the societal benefits that our institution can offer
Check out the NY Times, Sunday, Sept 7, 2009, the Long Island section. It has some very positive words to say about local museums. The article is attached to this webpage. See attachments below.