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    Memory Hall

    Client

    National World War I Museum

    Date

    May 2002

    Location

    National World War I Museum, Kansas City, MO

    Exhibition Design

    Ralph Applebaum Associates

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    Storytelling, Touch, Installations

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    • Narrative storytelling
    • Interactive installations

    Interactive stations installed in a World War I memorial help audiences understand the symbolism of the art and architecture that surrounds them.

    Since its opening in 1926, the Liberty Memorial Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, remains the only monument in North America dedicated exclusively to those who offered and gave their lives in World War I. Filled with historic murals and symbolic architectural elements, the national monument was reopened in May 2002 after seven years of restoration. The four interactive kiosks in Memory Hall explore the symbolism of each of the monument’s features, the history of the artwork in the museum, and identify each of the hundreds of persons represented in the five Daniel MacMorris murals. Through interaction with these interpretive stations, the memorial’s museum has renewed context and meaning for visitors at the monument to the Great War. Set in an interface inspired by early blueprint designs, the kiosk navigation is based on the architectural plan of the physical monument. Visitors can explore the symbolism of the frieze cut into the side of the north wall, the story of the two sphinxes that guard the entrance, and the guardian spirits flanking the tower. Two Web cams atop the tower enable anyone to see the live view from the top. With four of the MacMorris murals overhead in Memory Hall, the four stations are contextually positioned to face opposite sides of the space, enabling users to drag a “filter” over the electronic murals identifying and magnifying each prominent feature and every person depicted. A database of the names on the We Are the Dead bronze tablets helps users get more information about the men and women from Kansas City who died serving in World War I.

    Press & Awards

    Communication Arts, Interactive Design Annual, Info Design, 2003

    Credits

    Designer
    Gabe Kean
    Developers
    Sam Ward, Seb Chevrel
    Writer
    Lisa Berndt
    Illustrators
    Martin Linde, Sam Ward
    Production Artist
    Martin Linde
    Production Assistant
    David Waingarten
    Exhibit Design
    Ralph Applebaum Associates
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