James Sims

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  • Meet the Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History

    Meet the Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History

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    James Sims

    After more than a year of scheduling shoots, interviewing, and meticulous editing, I was able to produce 35 profiles, each featuring a different curator or assistant curator at AMNH. These videos were held back from public viewing until after the museum was able to launch its newest website design—a version of that new site launched…

  • Winning a Webby Award

    Winning a Webby Award

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    James Sims

    This year marked an interesting turn of events for my career, beginning with a transition from working as the senior new media specialist at the American Museum of Natural History to a new role at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Two major non-profit institutions in New York City, each with a unique cultural…

  • Museum Scientists & Imaging Technologies

    Museum Scientists & Imaging Technologies

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    James Sims

    Whether Museum scientists are studying parasites, people, or planets in other solar systems, cutting-edge imaging technologies such as infrared photography, scanning electron microscopes, and CT scanners now make it possible to examine details that were previously unobservable.

  • Museum Launches Master of Arts in Teaching Program

    Museum Launches Master of Arts in Teaching Program

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    James Sims

    The New York State Department of Education has selected AMNH to launch a pioneering Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program…

  • Walkthrough of World’s Largest Dinosaurs

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    James Sims

    The World’s Largest Dinosaurs (April 16, 2011-January 2, 2012), a new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History, goes beyond traditional fossil shows to reveal how dinosaurs actually lived by taking visitors into the amazing anatomy of a uniquely super-sized group of dinosaurs.

  • World’s Largest Dinosaurs Teaser

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    James Sims

    The World’s Largest Dinosaurs (April 16, 2011-January 2, 2012), a new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History, goes beyond traditional fossil shows to reveal how dinosaurs actually lived by taking visitors into the amazing anatomy of a uniquely super-sized group of dinosaurs.

  • Christina Ricci Gets Nervous About Broadway Debut

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    James Sims

    Hollywood stunt casting remains a hot topic around the Broadway community, but with ticket sales typically proving healthy for A-listers, there is little monetary incentive for a producer to avoid the stars. But the creator of Time Stands Still wants audiences to know that Christina Ricci, the latest movie star to join Broadway, did so…

  • Opera Plays the Hayden Planetarium

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    James Sims

    It’s not often that my work as an entertainment and Broadway reporter crosses paths with my day job as the New Media Specialist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, so when I heard that an opera was going to be staged in the Museum’s Hayden Planetarium, I was excited to…

  • Spider Silk Comes to the Museum

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    James Sims

    A spectacular and extremely rare textile, woven from golden-colored silk thread produced by more than one million spiders in Madagascar was on display at the American Museum of Natural History in the Grand Gallery.

  • Directing ‘Journey to the Stars’ at AMNH

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    James Sims

    It’s not often that my work at New York’s American Museum of Natural History intersects with the entertainment industry, so it was very exciting to work on a project for the Museum’s newest space show, Journey to the Stars. I had the opportunity to sit down with the show’s director, Carter Emmart, and produce a…