histories of-the-national-mall

HISTORIESOFTHENATIONALMALLUncoveringthehistoryyouneverseewithyourmobile ontheNationalMall

SheilaA.Brennan,AssociateDirectorofPublic

Projects

RoyRosenzweigCenterforHistoryandNewMedia

@sherah1918|sbrennan@gmu.edu

MOSTVISITORSSEETHEMALLASTHIS

MALLONCELOOKEDLIKETHIS

HOWWOULDYOUKNOW?InthisareaoftheMall:

therewasarailroadstation;

acanal;

anassassinationatthetrainstation;

slaveswereboughtandsold.

WHYBUILDTHIS?

SawaneedforinterpretationontheMallabouttheMall.Publichistoryscholarshipoftenneverincorporatedintopublicsites.Neutralorganization,sothatthesiteisn'taboutmarketingindividualinstitutions,it'saboutthehistoryofapublicspace.Experienceandinterestinbuildingbetterwaystodelivercontenttodifferentaudiences.

COMMITTEDTORESPONSIVEWEBDESIGNFORGREATESTACCESSIBILITY&SUSTAINABILITY

HistoricalMapLayersQuestionsaboutepisodesinMallhistory

InterestingPeopleSignificantEvents

PEOPLE

PastEvents

EXPLORATIONS

DETAILEDEXPLORATION

SOURCES

WHATWE'VEDONE

BuiltinOmekacustommaplayering(leaflet.js)plugin+Geolocationexhibitbuilderfor"explorations"andScavengerHuntCustomresponsivetheme(all2.0themes,responsive)

CreatedlotsofcontentStartedwithpublicdomain,opencontentBringingtogetherresourcesfromdiffinstitutions

TestingStartedwithsketches->undesignedsite->currentMapandfilteringtesting,on-siteContenttesting:whatisofinteresttodiffpeople

WHAT'SNEXT?

PublicityforMarch2014launch

Addingmorecontent,exploringpartnershipswithareainstitutionstofocusontheirstories,theirsources

Translations

Adjustingbasedonfeedbackanduse.