Narrative Storytelling

Visitors are given the tools to discover content through their own actions, creating personal pathways through information, forging experiences as diverse as their interests. Second Story provides the stage, the imagery, information, and atmosphere that allow audiences to create unique stories and personal pathways through content. Online content and site-specific installations converge, mutually enhancing the possibilities of storytelling and wonder.

01Walt’s Childhood Stories02Storytelling with Sound03The Book of Hours04Walt’s Early Years Raree-Shows05Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Its Legacy06Shifting Boundaries07Decoding the Segesser Hides08Beach Stories09Music Epicenters10Bethel Woods Triptychs: The Music Before, During & After Woodstock11Art & Architecture of the Jefferson Building12Creating the U.S. Interactives13Thomas Jefferson’s Library Book Explorer14Recording History15The Conquest of Mexico16The Heavens and the Earth17A Day in the Life18Gettysburg Address19Armies at Gettysburg Battle Maps20Monuments at Gettysburg: Stories in Stone21Faces of Gettysburg22Signal Flags23A Country Divided24Art and Ornament of the Marquette Building25Portland Armory Preservation and Sustainability26Historiscope: A Raree-Show and History of the Armory27Lagoda of New Bedford28What Makes Coffee Good29Exploring the Chesapeake: Then and Now30Legendary Pirates Book31Investigations32Forces of Nature33Witness to History: Documenting the Path of Liberation34Anne Frank the Writer: An Unfinished Story35Yin Yu Tang36September 11: My Witness37Memory Hall38A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution39Sleeping Giants: Aviation Afterlife in the Desert40Remembering Pearl Harbor41Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies42Inventions & Inspirations: The History of Recorded Sound43Lost Sounds: The Psychedelic ’60s44Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook45Pinch
Walt’s Childhood StoriesStorytelling with SoundThe Book of HoursWalt’s Early Years Raree-ShowsTreaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Its LegacyShifting BoundariesDecoding the Segesser HidesBeach StoriesMusic EpicentersBethel Woods Triptychs: The Music Before, During & After WoodstockArt & Architecture of the Jefferson BuildingCreating the U.S. InteractivesThomas Jefferson’s Library Book ExplorerRecording HistoryThe Conquest of MexicoThe Heavens and the EarthA Day in the LifeGettysburg AddressArmies at Gettysburg Battle MapsMonuments at Gettysburg: Stories in StoneFaces of GettysburgSignal FlagsA Country DividedArt and Ornament of the Marquette BuildingPortland Armory Preservation and SustainabilityHistoriscope: A Raree-Show and History of the Armory<em>Lagoda</em> of New BedfordWhat Makes Coffee GoodExploring the Chesapeake: Then and NowLegendary Pirates BookInvestigationsForces of NatureWitness to History: Documenting the Path of LiberationAnne Frank the Writer: An Unfinished StoryYin Yu TangSeptember 11: My WitnessMemory HallA More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans & the U.S. ConstitutionSleeping Giants: Aviation Afterlife in the DesertRemembering Pearl HarborUnwrapped: The Mysterious World of MummiesInventions & Inspirations: The History of Recorded SoundLost Sounds: The Psychedelic ’60sHendrix: The Lyric NotebookPinch