This website is an online investigation called Questioning, Understanding and Exploring Simulated Things (QUEST), which has students practice first-hand investigation of museum objects by asking questions about them. They can access information on the objects' alternate views, close-up appearance, weight, size, feel to touch, appearance under ultraviolet light, and age. They may enter comments to be posted on the site and look at notes others have made. The exercise comes from Students in Museum Internet Learning Environments (SMILE), a European Union project coordinated by the Pegasus Foundation. The project's goal is to give students access to their cultural heritage in museum collections.
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