“Math is all around us. It’s everywhere we look.”

“If you’re looking for an original date idea, the National Museum of Math (aka MoMath) has got your number. This New York City attraction is full of imaginative and mind-bending exhibits that use math to create wondrous illusions, puzzles, and artistic displays. Whether you’re riding a square-wheeled tricycle, directing a robotic basketball shooter, or dancing on an interactive floor screen, you can make the most of your date night and see math in a new light at MoMath.”

“Budding mathematicians love the National Museum of Mathematics, or MoMath, a seven-year-old ode to math located right by Madison Square Park.”

“North America only has one mathematics museum — New York City’s National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath)… ‘offering a space where the math-challenged, as well as math enthusiasts of all backgrounds and levels of understanding can enjoy the infinite and beautiful world of mathematics’…. While [the Museum] charges admission, … the funds garnered from that don’t fully fund all of that mathematical awesomeness. That’s where the annual gala comes in.”

“Take hands-on math exhibits and multiply that by live mathematical games, then add puzzles and brainteasers. The sum of it all is the National Museum of Mathematics’ NYC Math Festival, a day of by-the-numbers fun calculated to make kids love numeracy.”

“If she says math is boring, visit National Museum of Mathematics.”

“Discover a place on earth that is fun beyond your imagination: dimensions in math, unseen, anywhere but here.”

“The National Museum of Mathematics in New York on Wednesday prepared a special celebration on the day of the number of pi”

“Math will become a little cooler and music maybe a little nerdier on Saturday night. That’s when multitasking, saxophone-playing Marcus Miller leads his quartet through a swinging set at the National Museum of Mathematics — a prelude to a conversation on probability with Princeton University professor and numerical expert Bill Massey.”

“Engel received a $25,000 award with the 2017 Rosenthal Prize at the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) in New York City on Feb. 7 for his lesson plan, ‘Bringing Similarity into Light: Experiencing Similarity and Dilations Using Shadows.'”

“At America’s only museum dedicated to math, numbers are not only cool—they’re fun. Using the critically acclaimed hands-on exhibit, campers explore concepts like geometry, prime numbers, probability and rudimentary multiplication in ways they never would have considered.”

“On the school watch, a local teacher has been chosen to receive the 2017 Rosenthal Prize for Inovation in Teaching Math.”

“Walk through MoMath’s glass doors with their bright-red, pi-shaped handles and you immediately notice a hum of excitement.”

“Mathematics are made fun at this NoMad venue, which features cool interactive installations that allow you to explore the principles behind geometry, algorithms, optics and physics.”

Boo Nieves and Jesper Fast of the New York Rangers spent the day with kids from The Garden of Dreams Foundation at the National Museum of Mathematics. “It’s cool to connect with the kids in such a special place.”

“It was man vs. machine at the National Museum of Mathematics…”

“At the National Museum of Mathematics… we want kids’ first exposure to math to be about how much fun it is, how exciting it is to explore, and to see the world around them mathematically. And so we’ve got a program for preschoolers (3 and up)… called PolyPals, and it is aiming to do just that for your toddler.”

“Some people may shudder at the thought of math, but the National Museum of Mathematics may help you rethink your fear of arithmetic.”

“Revealing the wonders of mathematics, the National Museum of Math is certainly one of New York’s more [specialized] attractions.”

“Of course you start at the Math Museum! The National Museum of Math or MoMath, focuses on the math of patterns and the geometry [that] surrounds us every day. The exhibits are very hands on, which make it great for kids. However, riding a tricycle with square wheels is fun at any age.”

“How do you make children excited about mathematics while on summer break? [MoMath’s]… festival in Lower Manhattan sought to do just that.”

“A newly-unveiled robot in Manhattan shows sports are not just about sweat and muscles — there’s also a lot of math and brain power involved.”

“Mr. Patz and his team have been working on an exhibit, “Hoop Curves,” that promises to solve the problem of missed free throws. Unfortunately for pro players, it involves higher-order mathematics, cutting-edge technology and a basketball-throwing robot.”

“A… recent addition to Manhattan is the National Museum of Mathematics, or MoMath, where the curious and even the “math-phobic” can have fun and learn along the way.”

“It was… fascinating to see how much thought and creativity was put into each exhibit in order for all of them to flawlessly demonstrate a different mathematical concept as simply and as pleasantly as possible.”

“I was terrible at math, but I have learned so much from visiting this museum multiple times…”

Jim Parsons, who plays Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory and stars in the new hit movie Hidden Figures, was recently at MoMath to film a segment for the Today show with Willie Geist.

“Lawrence is very aware of the gender gap that exists in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and has made it part of MoMath’s fiber to work towards addressing these inequities.”

“Math is not about figures, math is about figuring things out.”

“The Museum is a place where people come to play with, and explore, mathematics and they do things that allow them to explore math in a very full-bodied way.”

“The exhibitions here are predominantly hands-on, which makes them fun for kids and perhaps even math-averse adults. Visitors can ride on trikes with square wheels; take a boat ride over funky shapes; play with robots, and make their own tessellation tiles.”

“Nate Silver, on the first night of the World Series and two weeks from Election Day, spent the evening at the National Museum of Mathematics ‘Race to the Finish’ gala.”

“Since opening in 2012, MoMath has been a place for visitors of all ages to get hands on with the subject through interactive exhibits that explore conundrums like how it’s possible for a square-wheeled tricycle to pedal on a circular, curved surface…6sqft recently visited the museum to speak with Executive Director and CEO Cindy Lawrence about the importance of making math interactive and most importantly, fun.”

“The [National] Museum of Mathematics, playfully named the MoMath, takes numbers out of the classroom and into a multi-level, interactive fun house of algorithms and theorems. Its mission: to foster a love of math in a diverse, curious audience who can learn that math isn’t just about numbers on a page.”

“The four-hour festival, organized by the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath), is part of the museum’s Math Midway 2 Go program that brings the exhibits to schools, festivals and science fairs throughout the country.”

“Eight years ago, Whitney had just ended a decade working for Renaissance Technologies, a highly secretive and successful hedge fund. Today, his Manhattan museum offers at least a dozen classes a week and has seen 500,000 visitors since it opened in 2012.”

The U.S. requires its students to take a full menu of mathematics — one size for all — with no alternatives or exemptions. Colleges set similar hurdles. Author and professor of political science Andrew Hacker, who also teaches a course in mathematical literacy, asks one simple question: Why?

James Tanton, mathematics educator, consultant, author, and the Mathematical Association of America’s mathematician-at-large, responds with his own question: Are people missing the point of what current high school mathematics is actually about?

See C-SPAN’s coverage of this MoMath event here.

“MoMath does a great job getting into disadvantaged neighborhoods and instilling a love of math, or making kids understand that math is fun…”

“At MoMath the formulas you learned in school come to life in a series of interactive exhibits. Great for all ages, you can take a ride on a bike with square wheels, see how light and color can be manipulated through mathematics, and create geometric sculptures.”

“I wish I would have had [the National Museum of Mathematics] when I was in high school. Great exhibits; it actually makes things understandable. Great interactive stuff for not only the kids, but also their parents.”

“To calculate the meaning of March 14th, head to the Museum of Math on East 26th Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan.”

"Grasso said this is part of an effort to make math more exciting and accessible for students at all grade levels. ‘You’ll remember this. You might not always remember that lesson you learned just because you have to take a test at the end of the week. But this is memorable.’"

“Last week, the museum held its 2016 MoMath Masters competition. The overall winner was Po-Shen Loh, a Carnegie Mellon math professor. In second place was Two Sigma’s Daniel Stronger, a quantitative analyst with a Ph.D. in computer science, and in third was Ken Perlin, a computer science professor at New York University who invented something called ‘Perlin noise’ that makes textures look realistic in computer games.”

“Executives from New York’s National Museum of Mathematics – or MoMath – visited the International Grammar School [in Sydney, Australia] on Wednesday morning to see the school’s new STEAM program in action. MoMath’s executive director, Cindy Lawrence, said that engaging young people to make them interested in maths and other STEM subjects was crucially important. ‘In our museum, we actually have an art gallery. That’s how closely we think art and math are related,’ she said.”

“The Beaver Run exhibit is based on Truchet tiles popularized in 1987 by Cyril Stanley Smith, a scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On each tile, two quarter-circles connect midpoints of adjacent sides.”

“Architect Santiago Calatrava was honored [at the 2015 MoMath Gala]. To illustrate the connection between math and beauty, he described the geometric patterns found in Spain’s Alhambra and the Alcazar of Seville. ‘Math can help to bring a kind of sacred language,’ Calatrava said.”

“WSJ’s Varsity Math is a weekly dose of challenging puzzles, created by the National Museum of Mathematics. The museum’s Glen Whitney guides viewers through ‘Instant Interrogation,’ a game he created. ‘You don’t have to be a math whiz. Anyone can attack the problems.'”

“Another way MoMath is changing the conversation about math is by encouraging parents to integrate math into everyday life. ‘Reinforcing your child’s math skills is as easy as searching for shapes around the neighborhood or finding math role models that kids can look up to,’ Lawrence says.”

“Pi is a number that shows up in a surprising number of different places throughout math, throughout physics, but more than that, pi is actually the essence of what a circle really is. … I think math is worth celebrating, and anything that catches the public interest and helps give the public a glimmer of how cool math can be is worth celebrating.”

“‘I have some ideas about what we’re going to do today, but I don’t have a complete idea,’ Honner told his forty students [at the second MOVES conference], who ranged in age from about ten to six times ten. ‘I’m hoping we can play around, and you can invent your own games and go off and explore.’”

“Cindy Lawrence, MoMath’s executive director and one of the organizers of Saturday’s event, said that public celebrations of math can be eye opening for many young scientists. ‘I think it sends a powerful message, especially to the kid who’s in seventh or eighth grade and really loves math but feels maybe a little isolated,’ she said.”

“The exhibits invite participation, encourage experimentation and, hopefully, spark curiosity. Small touches, like handles forming the symbol for pi on the front door and pentagonal sinks in the bathrooms add to the fun.”

“Kids at the museum played circular games with circular candy as they learned the formulas to estimate pi. ‘I like to think about the math of it, I think it’s pretty cool,’ Haddon Township resident Katie Cona said.”

“Join hundreds of other revelers in Madison Square Park at 9:26 p.m. to watch — and perhaps even take part in — a glow-in-the-dark demonstration on the meaning of pi coordinated by the National Museum of Mathematics.”

“Pi appears in the Fourier transform because one of the component parts, or expressions, of the formula is associated with sine and cosine and the angles created by a particle traveling around a circle. ‘Whenever you have a formula that deals with circles or angles, you are not going to be surprised when pi shows up,’ Whitney says.”

“MoMath, which is the hip name for the National Museum of Mathematics, is organizing a Pi Day of the Century nighttime event in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park.”

“Pi fans can celebrate this weekend with a wealth of math- (and baked goods–) related opportunities. … The National Museum of Mathematics in New York City, for example, will gather people in Madison Square Park to light up a circle around the central fountain and compare its circumference with the distance across it—accompanied by free hot chocolate and pie. “

“The National Museum of Math in New York declared this Saturday as the “Pi Day of the Century,” because the year is 2015, and the calendar aligns with two additional digits of Pi, 3.1415. Most of us won’t make it to the next one in 2115.”

“You’ll see that 3.14 is pi, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. That makes March 14 Pi Day, which this year the National Museum of Mathematics calls the Pi Day of the Century. … Thus on Saturday, the museum has planned a grand celebration, starting at 9 a.m. in Madison Square Park, where even small children can help form circles.”

“The National Museum of Mathematics has already run out of red pizza Pi cutters, though you can still get one in black. The handle is in the shape of the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, ? (pronounced pi), making it the perfect tool for divvying up a dish of saucy dough while contemplating the ratio between its circumference and diameter.”

“Some of the best minds in investing came together last week to compete for the ultimate title: Master of Math. The annual event—a casual but intense math competition hosted by the National Museum of Mathematics—is the closest thing these quantitative investors, or quants, have to a Super Bowl.”

“Whereas the Museum of Math’s “Chaos Ball” last year, which was featured in a page one article in the Wall Street Journal, was geared toward indulging the geeky fascinations of this well-heeled, math-minded set, the “Masters Tournament” attends to their competitive nature.”

“It’s really a revolutionary new exhibit.  This is the world premiere of Matthew Brand’s new technique called lumography, which is drawn with light, going through clear lenses.”

“We want to share the beauty and wonder that is mathematics. … We want to provide lots of experiences and opportunities for individuals who come to visit the museum to be personally involved in a physical way—to have the experience of doing math and enjoying the fruits of what mathematics has to offer.”

“Every day the museum is filled with busloads of excited schoolchildren and adults.  You can sit on a chair at the center of Hyper Hyperboloid surrounded by colored cables that never touch;  or ride a square-wheeled trike or a coaster rolling on giant acorns.”

“Forget what you think you know about math: At the National Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan, it’s not something you work on with pencil and paper. It’s about hands-on experiences with the latest in robotics and laser lights, 3-D printing, fractals and more. It’s about understanding how mathematics underpins much of the modern world.”

“Teachers report that weeks after a visit, students are often still jazzed about what they learn at MoMath and how it connects to classwork and real life.”

“Math is often one of the hardest subjects to visually depict, but a new exhibit at the Museum of Math does exactly that.  Automated robots follow simple mathematical rules that allow them to work as a group and potentially carry out advanced tasks, like search and rescue.”

“It’s a place where you can come and play with math in a way that you never saw math before.”

“Can a swarm of robots show how schools of fish and flocks of birds actually follow predictable mathematical behavior? That’s just what the Museum of Math wants to showcase in its new exhibit.”

“A new interactive exhibit in New York City teaches kids and adults alike about the mathematical order of the natural world in an unconventional way: with dozens of swarming robots.”

“The National Museum of Mathematics unleashes its coolest exhibit yet with ‘Robot Swarm.’ … The cutting-edge display demonstrates breakthroughs in computer science and swarm technology by using simple mathematics, motion control and positioning systems to bring the robots to life.”

“You’ll need to step into the 11-foot by 12-foot ring to mingle with these robots, while donning one of three unique, infrared-trackable packs to help the swarm monitor your movement and react according to one of several algorithms.”

“What we wanted show with the robots is how you can take just a few simple rules that are easy to write down, like ‘Stay a certain distance from your neighbor,’ ‘Try to head in the same direction as your two nearest neighbors,’ and they produce this incredible behavior that looks likes something from nature, like a flock of sheep or a school of fish.”

“Behind a black curtain in a downstairs corner of the National Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan (known as MoMath), a small group of mathematicians, designers and engineers was hard at work — laughing, shouting, clapping and having a blast, while being chased by robots.”

“On a reconnaissance mission, Shana Kimball walked through the Museum of Mathematics with her smartphone out, snapping pictures of square-wheeled tricycles and math-inspired art.”

“Over the past month, people around the world have been building a mathematical structure out of more than a million business cards. The construction teaches its own mathematical lesson, which is undoubtedly part of the point in the colossal math project dreamt up by Matt Parker (Queen Mary, University of London) and Laura Taalman (National Museum of Mathematics).”

“What do mathematics and cooking have in common? They both involve a search for beauty in the world around us, one mathematician says.”

“Math Encounters is a program exploring the numbers behind everything, from flapping birds to space telescopes. This event was all about maps. It might seem simple, but getting a spherical image of the earth onto a flat surface like a map is more tricky than you might think.”

“Last week, at a glittering private hall in Manhattan steps from the East River, billionaires and socialites gathered for what one attendee called the “geekiest” event of the season: the Chaos Ball, the fundraiser for the National Museum of Mathematics.” (This piece was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.)

“It’s not every day that a gala event is devoted to the celebration of math, but that’s exactly what happened Tuesday night (Oct. 14), when actor Alan Alda and mathematician Steve Strogatz regaled a crowd of New York’s business elite here at the National Museum of Mathematics’ Chaos Ball.”

“Two blocks north, the ‘Chaos Ball,’ a benefit for the Museum of Mathematics, was being held.”

“Hundreds of first- and second-graders got a fun free math lesson today at the math museum, courtesy of Oppenheimer Funds.”

“At MoMath, they can ride a square-wheeled tricycle, they can paint with symmetry patterns, they can turn their own bodies into fractals, and they can experiment and create in our Family Fridays program together with their parents.”

“Filled with more than 30 interactive hands-on exhibits on its two floors, the Museum of Mathematics has achieved the remarkable feat of getting kids excited about numbers.”

“Get ready to be excited about math with Glen Whitney, Co-Executive Director of The National Museum of Mathematics, as he takes you through mathematical modeling of your own feelings at the inaugural X-STEM Symposium in Washington, D.C.”

“As the name museum implies, MoMath is not filled with statues of famous mathematicians, or glass cases containing a dusty abacus. Instead, it is intended to be ‘a kind of playground’ that plays with geometry, art, and algorithms.”

“The mathematical method in which the drawings were produced evoke an energy and feel that can be compared to what the renaissance artists did during their time.”

“Students gathered at the Museum of Math in New York City for a special sneak peek at the robotic prototypes behind an upcoming exhibit. They also got a lesson in how the robots work from someone who builds and programs them.”

“‘There is no intrinsic difference in math ability in girls and boys and, in fact, there’s evidence that girls are more attentive and diligent students,’ [said] Glen Whitney, founder of Flatiron’s Museum of Math, which is highlighting the accomplishments of women in the field with…  ‘Solve for XX: A Celebration of Women in Mathematics.'”

“See what’s behind the Pi-shaped doorknob at the Museum of Math on East 26th Street in Manhattan with education director Ben Levitt.”

Blue Telescope, the interactive exhibit agency, was given a 2014 HOW Interactive Design Award for Outstanding Achievement for the exhibit Human Tree at the National Museum of Mathematics.

“Dr. McLurkin’s bots are the size of a small flower pot. … Individually, each bot only ‘knows’ where it is in relation to its nearest colleague, but give six of those critters an algorithm to work within, and you’ll see some complex, coordinated bot behavior.”

“Want a summer memory? that involves math? How about using chocolate? Math + Chocolate was a winning combination that Friday at MoMath. The program’s largest turnout visited the museum that night, requiring overflow seating to be added to an already-full event.”

“Roboticist-in-residence James McLurkin offered an advanced preview of his Robot Swarm at NYC’s Museum of Mathematics this week. The presentation detailed the background and programming concepts of these sensor- and speaker-laden bots — which have a habit of spitting out 8-bit-style tunes while they work.”

“The spherical images come from a technique for drawing that the twins discovered and have explored for about 10 years. It includes the invention of a concave easel; a loony-looking device that serves as a tool to capture with pen or brushstrokes what the human eye really sees.”

“Save solving complex equations for another night, mathletes. The National Museum of Mathematics’ adults-only after-hours mixer on Wednesday, dubbed Unbounded, is about getting cell numbers.”

“Twin brothers Ryan and Trevor Oakes have an unusual talent. The siblings have developed a method for creating lifelike, perceptual drawings on a curved canvas.”