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    New Mexico History Museum

    Decoding the Segesser Hides

    Project Group

    New Mexico History Museum

    Client

    Museum of New Mexico Foundation

    Date

    May 2009

    Location

    New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM

    Exhibition Design

    Gallagher & Associates

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    Tags

    Exhibition, Storytelling, Touch, Installations

    Playlists

    • Enhanced artifacts
    • Narrative storytelling

    High-resolution interactive images of animal hide paintings give an unprecedented view of these 18th-century artifacts that depict early encounters in New Mexico’s history.

    Focusing on bringing out the incredible detail of historical battle scenes painted on animal hides sometime in the 18th century, the Segesser Hides interactive experience consists of two tracks that visitors can fluidly weave between while exploring high-resolution images. A tour mode gives visitors the story of the hides and the scenes within them in a linear presentation; another free-form, self-directed mode allows visitors to manipulate the images, to zoom in on details and pan across the hides, to uncover curatorial insight as their curiosity dictates. Developed as both an online experience and an on-site interactive kiosk, this hybrid interactive allows the museum to share these unique paintings with audiences beyond Santa Fe.

    Press & Awards

    “New Museum Showcases New Mexico’s Colorful History,” The Associated Press, Deborah Baker, May 14, 2009

    Interactive displays are an important part of the museum’s mix... [including] a sophisticated, bilingual exhibit on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War and made New Mexico a U.S. territory. Highlighted portions of the treaty link to interviews with historians.

    Credits

    Designer
    Kieran Lynn
    Technology Director
    Thomas Wester
    Developer
    Jeremy Brown
    Producer
    Melissa Paugh
    Production Artist
    Rebecca Rosen
    Production/QA Assistant
    Elizabeth Bourke
    A/V System Design
    Romeantics
    A/V Integration
    Electrosonic
    Exhibit Design
    Gallagher & Associates
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    Project Group

    • Project Overview
    • Decoding the Segesser Hides
    • New Mexico Oral Histories
    • Shifting Boundaries
    • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Its Legacy