Museum of the Moving Image

I had a wonderful time at the Museum of the Moving Image. I loved the stop motion animation exhibit. It reminded me so much of my childhood when I would borrow my neighbor's camcorder, and try to make stop motion animations by pressing record and pause over and over again after moving my collectors dolls little by little.
I loved learning about the history of the beginning of the moving image. I thought that having the interactive stations within the museum was great. This really pulled me in, as I'm sure it would students.
Going by what I know about my own daughter who is 5 years old, I don't think she would have much interest in the museum at her age. So I think a slightly older audience would be good, perhaps 3rd grade and up. (And I believe our guide mentioned that they start giving tours at 4th grade, so that age would make sense.)
I did not like the exhibit with the Exorcist doll and other scary props. While many people would have interest in it, I don't see how those who don't want to see it could avoid it. It seemed that one would have to pass the exhibit to get to the next step in the museum. I think it should have its own room that has a sign warning visitors of its content. This was my only complaint. I think everything else at this museum was phenomenal! I would certainly take a school group here if the school is close enough.

BTW: The remainder of my day was so much fun and I even got to see Jon Stewart in a parking garage!