Take a journey on the path to diplomacy with this educational Web site. To capture the spirit of this important facet of government, Second Story created a site that would lead visitors through a diversity of stories that exemplify diplomacy.
This survey of Second Story Web sites reveals our ceaseless passion for pioneering new types of online experiences. These diverse sites include interpretive storytelling experiences, information-rich collection browsing, playful educational activities, immersive navigable worlds, and entertaining promotions. In addition to giving visitors easy access to content, powerful tools, and an apparatus for scholarly research, our sites aim at sparking visitors’ curiosity to travel paths they may not have imagined.
This site supports the exhibit, Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness, with a wealth of image galleries, an interactive timeline, and educational resources.
DocsTeach harnesses the vast resources of the National Archives and empowers educators with a flight of online tools to apply primary resources in the classroom.
Archaeological artifacts from the Presidio of San Francisco reawaken in this versatile and enlightening Web site.
Vibrant, 360 degree illustrations of The New York Botanical Garden’s glass Conservatory provide an interactive world to discover botany in this educational and colorful Web site.
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a leading voice in the art of 20th century photographic storytelling. This online exhibition celebrates his rich, evocative portfolio.
Encompassing tens of thousands of records and growing, AIGA Design Archives is one of the richest online resources available to those who practice, study and appreciate great design.
This Web site assembles the complete WNET series and through a wealth of supplementary interactive media, encourages deeper exploration into the rich terrain of World Art.
Historical imagery and animations unveil the people, places, and events that shaped Santa Monica’s past in this playful and engaging Web site.
A unique woven interface exemplifies the design, purpose, and community of Skylab Architects’ innovative Weave Building.
Highlights from the 10 billion+ collection of documents at the National Archives are launch points for unique, personalized journeys of discovery through the history of the United States.
Through a comprehensive database of images and objects connected to an interactive map of the plantation and a navigable 3-D recreation of the home, this Web site brings the experience of being at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello to life online.
A dynamic timeline serves up an archive of images to tell the story of Oregon’s history in diverse, personalized presentations.
A Web-based musical generator allows users to create their own variations on a theme and save their compositions, for future inclusion in a live performance by the Third Angle New Music Ensemble.
The world’s largest quilt collection is brought together in a patchwork interface where quilts can be collected, saved, commented on, and organized into exhibitions—both on-site and online.
The art of quilting is revealed as visitors create their own digital quilts in a fun, five-step process.
This interactive archive provides broad accessibility to an extensive collection of contemporary design for research and reference.
Through this media-rich experience, Web site and kiosk users explore a 3-D house to discover a Chinese region’s renowned architecture and the generations of a family that made it their home.
Interactive maps, measured drawings, and models of every tomb in the Valley of the Kings interconnect thousands of photographs, illustrations, and exhaustive research in this new standard for archeological publishing.
An exhibit interactive and Web site piece together a rare Japanese scroll for visitors to explore, transcribe, translate, and understand in its entirety.
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