By 1997 websites were very simple. The technology was incipient and it made it very hard to create attractive graphics and interactive activities.

I came to Direct the Department of Interactive Design at the National Science Museum that year, and had the chance to explore the potential of the web as an educational medium.

After months of exploration, we created a highly visual website for the Orinoco exhibition that included not only rich and attractive content, but also some experimental forms of interactivity.

In 1998 the website catched the attention of the Science Learning Network funded by Unisys and the National Science Foundation. The CEO of the MuCi and I were invited to present our work in Philadelphia.

The materials were warmly received and we were invited to join this small and priviledged community as the only Latin American representative. We also received funds to translate all our interpretive online material to the English language.