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What does it take to make history?
A Revolutionary Woman – Deborah Sampson During Women’s History Month we think back to an inspired performance at History Camp Boston 2017 featuring Deborah Sampson, a Contiental Army soldier from 1782 to 1783. This powerful performance created an emotional connection to the past and helped us to understand what it takes to make history. This…
It takes a village of institutions to make an exhibit
Telling the history of Roxbury, Massachusetts in SO many pictures Let us imagine a time warp where the 17th-century preacher and evangelist John Eliot is saying “good day” to 20th-century activist Malcolm Little, aka Malcolm X, while on his way to the First Church in Roxbury meetinghouse in the center of town. They each…
20 Years Along the Blackstone River
The falls that made Woonsocket famous Creating a the Anniversary Exhibit With the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Museum of Work and Culture, part of the Rhode Island Historical Society, director Anne Conway knew what was needed to complement the existing exhibits. Well-represented in the Museum is the story of French-Canadian immigration, life on the…
Staying ahead of the current
Planning interpretation along the Current River in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways Home to the most significant number of first magnitude springs in the world and the Current River, the Riverways has been a National Park for 53 years. Before that, there were several Missouri State Parks, Big Spring and Round Spring for instance, that…
Illuminating the Luminaries
A space to recognize world-class innovation at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Innovation was a key ingredient in our exhibit which harnessed the power of interactives to extend the WPI Hall of Luminaries brand identity to exhibit graphics, awards, and multi-media. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) alumni have made outsized contributions to the world of scientific innovation. If you…
Bonding With Clients Over Historical Finishes
Wallpaper therapy isn’t easy It was a typical onsite job meeting, representatives from the builders, owners, and designers crowded around folding tables discussing agenda items at the Dillaway Thomas House while construction went on around them. Next on the agenda was a milestone in the design-build process, to review finishes and historical wallpaper submittals by the…
Exhibit Makes Way For The Future
How Exhibit Spaces Can Change Roles Watch this video to see how an exhibit designed to move can transform a gallery. The challenge was to create an interactive exhibit and a changeable gallery suitable for community events. Our solution was to make this substantial installation easily moveable so that a small staff can quickly relocate the…
Exhibiting 18th-century “Tupperware”
Developing themes around piggins, boxes, and buckets at the new Hingham Heritage Museum In the old colonial days, just what did you do with your leftover porridge? Or kept your beans, barley, and groats? Or laundered your clothes or cured your meat? In 1700 almost 30 coopers worked in Hingham, 245 years before Tupperware was…
Work and Culture, Interactive Museum Memories
Exhibit sketch using the Blackstone River as a metaphor, visitors learn through interactive exhibits about how the mills changed the historical landscape Anne Conway, the director of the Museum of Work and Culture, is the driving force behind “Woonsocket Works” a new exhibit that will give visitors the opportunity to learn through interactive experiences about…
Why is there a lighthouse on top of a mountain?
The War Memorial on top of Mount Greylock It is not a lighthouse, it is a beacon. What is the difference? It is all a matter of context; a lighthouse is specifically designed to guide ocean-going vessels away from treacherous shores and help in pinpointing their location. A beacon is more general, “a fire or…
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