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Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center
Gettysburg Address
Project Group
Client
Date
March 2008Location
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, PAExhibition Design
Gallagher & AssociatesTags
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Abraham Lincoln’s famous words are interpreted for visitors, and can be examined in detail, on two large touch screens showcasing the Gettysburg Address.
One speech, ten sentences, 272 words—a visitor can easily spend more time here than the 2–3 minutes it took Lincoln to read the address. Visitors can zoom into every detail of Lincoln’s handwritten manuscript, every word is transcribed for easy reading in the context of the document, and each passage is interpreted to elaborate the meaning of those famous words and help visitors understand the historical context of Lincoln’s speech.
Press & Awards
HOW, Interactive Design Awards, Merit, Kiosks, 2009“New Museum Guides Visitors Through Gettysburg,” Associated Press, Martha Raffaele, April 23, 2008Interactive touches—both high- and low-tech—are scattered throughout the museum...Visitors can touch a replica of slave shackles and find out for themselves how heavily a soldier’s backpack weighed him down. Using touch-screen computers, they can learn how to recognize bugle calls, decode signal corps flag messages, and locate battlefield monuments.
“Center Designed to Put Gettysburg into Perspective,” Baltimore Sun, Edward Gunts, April 14, 2008The visitor center has been designed to immerse visitors in the Gettysburg story by exposing them to the National Park Service’s extensive collection of war objects, artifacts and archival materials, as well as interactive exhibits and displays that will prepare them to tour the areas where the fighting took place.
“At Last, a Gettysburg Redress,” Washington Post, Philip Kennicott, April 14, 2008The historical galleries next to the theaters are very much in line with the contemporary trend toward media-dense exhibits, filled with shorter films in mini-theaters, all carefully structured to draw the viewer through ‘a narrative’ presentation of the war, its causes and its aftermath.
“Reinforcing History,” Philadelphia Enquirer, Amy Worden, April 13, 2008In another area, visitors can tap computer stations to see whether their ancestors fought here and follow troop movements on a touch screen.
Credits
- Designer
- Martin Linde
- Motion Designer
- Martin Linde
- Technology Director
- Thomas Wester
- Developer
- Matt Arnold
- Producer
- Jennifer Guibord
- Production Artist
- Christen Hubbard
- Production Assistants
- Erica Dillon, Shane Farrell
- Quality Assurance
- Erica Dillon
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