Thea-Honored Museum Exhibits Wonderkamers and Nature Lab to be showcased March 20 at TEA Summit, Anaheim

	Nature Lab

Recipients of 2015 Thea Awards from the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) include museum exhibits Wonderkamers ("Wonder Rooms") at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Netherlands, and Nature Lab at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Both projects will be showcased by key people from the museums on March 20 at Thea Case Studies Day, and officially honored at the Thea Awards Gala March 21, at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim.

Of Wonderkamers, TEA's Thea Awards Committee wrote, "The blend of art, storytelling, themed environments, and gaming elements makes it unique within the world of art museums." Wonderkamers is a role playing game/interactive art exhibit for children, teens, and the young at heart. Created with the aim of bringing the broad spectrum of art to the attention of young visitors, it allows guests to play the role of curator for the museum and learn about a wide spectrum of art forms with the end goal of creating their own mini art exhibits. The case study presenters on March 20 will be Ellen Schindler of Kossmann.dejong and Hans Buurman of Gemeentemuseum.

Of Nature Lab, TEA's Thea Awards Committee wrote that it "engages visitors in the scientific exploration of LA as a biodiversity hotspot." The permanent, 6,000-sq.-ft. exhibit invites visitors to become "citizen scientists" -- to learn and be surprised by LA's unique biodiversity by engaging in a variety of hands-on activities. The case study presenters on March 20 will be Nature Lab's senior project manager Jennifer Morgan and Dr. Karen Wise, VP of education and exhibits, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

More presenters for Thea Case Studies Day will be announced soon at the official Thea Awards & Summit blog. Tickets are on sale now at www.teaconnect.org.

Thea Case Studies Day is part of the annual TEA Summit, March 19 - 20, followed by the annual Thea Awards Gala on March 21, at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California. Thea Case Studies Day, co-chaired by Roberta Perry of ETI and Fresh Juice, and Pat MacKay of Ones&ZerosMedia, will highlight some 15 projects and people set to be officially honored with Thea Awards the following evening.