Two young boys playing a video game in the exhibition.
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Video Games: The Great Connector

On view in the LIM Art Museum from February 19 through May 24, 2026

Tween girl and boy at video game station in the exhibition.

Courtesy of the Harlem Gallery of Science

Learn how video games are more than a mode of entertainment, and the important role digital games are playing in the lives of today’s youth. 

The exhibition showcases that video games are more than a mode of entertainment for today’s youth; they have become a means for developing personal and professional skills, such as teamwork, complex problem-solving, and building social networks.  Throughout the exhibit, which features 10 fun, interactive gaming stations, visitors will play games, meet historic and contemporary figures in game design and engineering, and uncover the invisible design behind their gaming experience.  There is an emphasis on celebrating the contributions made by people of color in the hope of inspiring Black and Latinx students to consider careers in the gaming industry.

 

Exhibition created by Science and Arts Engagement New York, Inc./DBA Harlem Gallery of Science, and partially supported by New York State Council on the Arts

Harlem Gallery of Science

 

Exhibition funding was provided, in part, by

New York State Council on the Arts  Flushing Bank Baker Pisano Foundation