James Sims

American Museum of Natural History

  • 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.

  • 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…