--- --- # How Video Games Are Shaping the Future of Museums by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute May 6, 2016 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute May 6, 2016 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**The future of museums might be video games.**](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-games-are-changing-the-museum-experience) By Becky Ferreira in Motherboard **2\.** [**We can open educational doors to undocumented students. Here’s how.**](http://ssir.org/articles/entry/opening%5Fthe%5Fdoors%5Fto%5Feducation%5Ffor%5Fundocumented%5Fstudents) By Christina Fletes in the Stanford Social Innovation Review **3\.** [**How psychology can help us solve climate change.**](https://theconversation.com/how-psychology-can-help-us-solve-climate-change-58957) By Rachel New and Nadira Faber in the Conversation **4\.** [**Now anywhere can be your touchscreen.**](http://www.washington.edu/news/2016/03/15/smartwatches-can-now-track-your-finger-in-mid-air-using-sonar/) By Jennifer Langston at the University of Washington **5\.** [**Consolidation is undermining our food economy.**](https://www.newamerica.org/weekly/consolidation-is-eating-our-food-economy/) By Leah Douglas at New America  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ How Video Games Are Shaping the Future of Museums ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4320763/video-games-museums/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4320763/video-games-museums/"},"headline":"How Video Games Are Shaping the Future of Museums","datePublished":"2016-05-06T16:01:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:01.725Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4320763/video-games-museums/","keywords":["Innovation","Food","climate change","Education","Video Games","mobile phones"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4320763/video-games-museums/","name":"How Video Games Are Shaping the Future of Museums"}}]}] ```