Technology Brings Students Wonders Of Virtual Museum Trip

SAG HARBOR, NY — Gone are the days when kids had to take a school bus for a class trip to a faraway museum.

Sag Harbor Elementary School third-graders studying the whaling industry — a lesson with deep meaning with Sag Harbor's rich history as a whaling port— took a virtual tour of the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut on March 3.

Through the distance learning workshop, the students learned about the museum on a live, interactive video call with museum representatives who spoke to the students about the museum’s exhibits, history and the Charles Morgan whaling ship, according to a release.

Photo courtesy of the Sag Harbor School District.