histories of-the-national-mall
DESCRIPTION
Presentation given at the Museum Computer Network Conference, November 22, 2013TRANSCRIPT
HISTORIESOFTHENATIONALMALLUncoveringthehistoryyouneverseewithyourmobile ontheNationalMall
SheilaA.Brennan,AssociateDirectorofPublic
Projects
RoyRosenzweigCenterforHistoryandNewMedia
@sherah1918|[email protected]
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.