Case Study: Stuhr Museum brings history to life with ThingLink Scenario Builder

Stuhr Museum launches $25 classroom blizzard scenario with ThingLink

Stuhr Museum, a living history museum in Nebraska, faced the challenge of creating engaging and interactive virtual educational experiences, especially for schools unable to visit in person. Their existing virtual programs, developed during the pandemic, lacked the interactivity of their hands-on field trips. To address this, they turned to vendor ThingLink and its Scenario Builder tool to develop a more immersive learning format.

Using ThingLink's Scenario Builder, the museum created an interactive "choose your own adventure" style branching scenario based on the historic 1888 School Children's Blizzard. This solution allowed students to empathize with the real-life choices of three pioneer teachers, making history feel personal and immediate. The project was a success, resonating deeply with learners and fulfilling a dual purpose as both a history and language arts resource. ThingLink enabled the museum to offer this new experience for sale at $25 per classroom for two weeks of access, providing a new virtual revenue stream and expanding their educational reach to distant schools.

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