HISTORIES OF THE NATIONAL MALL Uncovering the history you never see with your mobile on the National Mall Sheila A. Brennan, Associate Director of Public Projects Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media @sherah1918 | [email protected]
Jan 17, 2015
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.