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Museums are all about immersion, and the Putnam Museum and Science Center is taking this a step further by launching a new virtual and mixed-reality option for its "Unearthing Ancient Egypt" exhibit.

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022125-qc-nws-putnam 1.jpg — Cindy Yang, CEO of the Putnam Museum and Science Center, uses the new mixed-reality experience in the ancient Egypt room on Friday, Feb. 21, in Davenport. The museum partnered with VictoryXR to create a virtual-reality and mixed-reality experience of the "Unearthing Ancient Egypt" exhibit.
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022125-qc-nws-putnam 2.jpg — The new mixed-reality experience will give museum-goers a chance to interact with the "Unearthing Ancient Egypt" exhibit in a fresh way. Users will be able to move around the room and pick up objects to better explore the past.
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022125-qc-nws-putnam 5.jpg — Creators of the mixed-reality experience, Aaron Hagens and Daniel Coyle of VictoryXR, watch on as Cindy Yang demos the new program at the Putnam Museum on Friday, Feb. 21, in Davenport.
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022125-qc-nws-putnam 3.jpg — Putnam Museum and Science Center CEO Cindy Yang demos VictoryXR's mixed-reality experience on Friday, Feb. 21, in Davenport. She takes an artifact off a shelf to study it within the virtual-reality space.
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Putnam Museum and Science Center CEO Cindy Yang picks up a mummy to flip it within the VictoryXR's mixed-reality experience at on Friday, Feb. 21, in Davenport. Behind her, a laptop sits where others can watch what she is seeing through her headset.
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