Albany Urban Cultural
Park
Albany, NY
Planning, design, and installation of exhibits and video programs
for a new visitors' center, outdoor interpretive signage, and publications
and programs celebrating the 300th anniversary of the city of Albany.
(1985-87; in use) |
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Josef Albers Foundation
New Haven, CT
Planning for a new museum of the art and teaching of a modern master. (1984) |
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Alden
Waterfront Corporation
Burlington, VT
Planning for public uses to be incorporated into a new development
on Burlington's Lake Champlain waterfront, including interactive
exhibits on Vermont history and natural history, public areas,
artists' studios, and recreational programs.
(1984-85) |
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Allegheny
Ridge Corporation
Hollidaysburg, PA
Interpretive master planning, community history research, and design
for exhibits and other programs at the new Allegheny Ridge State
Heritage Park, addressing the industrial and post-industrial history
of the region from Altoona to Johnstown that played a critical
role in the development of the coal, steel, and railroad industries
in the United States. (1993-94) |
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Am Olam: World
Center for Jewish Heritage
Jerusalem, Israel
Master planning for a new learning and entertainment park on the
history of Judaic civilizations, including recreated environments,
hands-on learning centers, computer-interactive and simulation
theater spaces, playgrounds, festival amphitheaters, and visitor
amenities. (1989-91) |
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American Museum of the Moving Image
Astoria, NY
Master planning, including an outline of exhibits and program opportunities,
potential audiences, space-use plans, and organizational requirements
for a new museum of 20th-century media. (1982- 85; now open) |
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Andover Historical
Society
Andover, MA
Developing an interpretive program which ties together the Society's
diverse collections, broadens the scope of the history presented,
and promotes community involvement. (1983) |
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Arizona Historical
Society
Tempe, AZ
Conceptual planning, audience studies, and exhibit design for a
new museum of central Arizona history. (1989-90; now open)
Production of a ten-minute wide-screen, three-projector
video orientation program for the new museum, called "Traces
on the Land." (1990; used in fund-raising efforts until
museum opening in 1996) |
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Arizona Historical
Society
Tucson, AZ
Interpretive planning, proposal writing, overall design, and bilingual
exhibit writing for a major international exhibit, "Los Encuentros:
Five Centuries of Change in Mexico." (1990-92) |
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Arnold Arboretum,
Harvard University
Boston, MA
Design, writing of interpretive orientation, thematic exhibits,
brochure/guides, and media programs for this Frederick Law Olmsted-designed
19th-century garden of trees in the Jamaica Plain section of the
city. (1991-94) |
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Beth Israel
Hospital
Boston, MA
Exhibit on the history and philosophy of a medical complex deeply
rooted in its local community. (1985-87; still on view) |
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Birmingham Civil
Rights Institute
Birmingham, AL
Master plan, design, programming, and operations planning for a
major new national museum on the civil rights revolution in 20th-century
America. (1987; now open) |
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Boston Broadcasters
Inc.
Boston, MA
Research and thematic development for thirty-six "Historical
Minutes," produced by WCVB-TV for the Boston
350 Celebration. (1980) |
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Boston Museum
Project
Boston, MA
Master planning for a new museum in the city center to interpret
the history and contemporary character of the Boston region, aiming
to connect existing historic sites, programs for local residents,
and tourist-oriented presentations. (1999- present) |
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Boston Wharf
District Park
Boston, Massachusetts
Research and design of interpretive elements for a new park on
the Rose Kennedy Greenway through downtown, focusing on the port’s
significance for Boston’s history. (2004-2005) |
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Bronx Community
College
Bronx, NY
Planning and production of educational tours, exhibits, and video
programs interpreting the magnificent Stanford White-designed Hall
of Fame for Great Americans and Gould Library. (1986; still
in use) |
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Buten Museum
Merion, PA
Interpretive and spatial redesign of a major collection of Wedgwood
ceramics. (1982) |
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Camera Three
Productions
New York, NY
Scripting, historical research, and location scouting for an hour-long
documentary, "Covenant: People of the Living Law," on
the traditions of interpreting the Talmud and the United States
Constitution, shown nationally on the NBC network. (1987) |
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Canal Corridor
Association
Chicago, IL
Design and implementation of a comprehensive system of wayfinding
and interpretive installations along the 100-mile long Illinois
and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor. (1995-1998)
Design of an educational park, filled with
interactive devices for urban children, commemorating the beginnings
of Chicago as a canal port.(1997-1998) |
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Caramoor Center
for Music and the Arts
Katonah, NY
Development of an audio orientation program on the art and cultural
significance of a grand Westchester country house of the 1930s. (1984-85) |
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Center for Southern
Folklore
Memphis, TN
Concept development, writing, design and production of a major
multi-image presentation, "If Beale Street Could Talk," a
history of the life and music on what was once the "Main Street
of Black America." (1983; still in use) |
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Cheney Cowles
Museum
Spokane, WA
Master planning, including collections management, new program
opportunities, space-use and design plans, and audience and organizational
development for a major expansion of a museum dealing with contemporary
regional history and American Indian cultures of inland Washington. (1992-93) |
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Chesterwood,
a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Stockbridge, MA
Conceptual planning, audience studies, and design for a new interpretive
exhibit on the career of sculptor Daniel Chester French. (1995-96) |
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Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
Williamsburg, VA
Development of a program to engage visitors in educational simulations
of roles in the colonial economy of Virginia through maps, guided
tours, and board games. (1985) |
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Constitutional
Education Foundation
New York, NY
Development of the Constitution Works curricular materials and
educational video pieces on the three branches of American government,
used in schools and at Federal Hall as part of a role playing program
keyed to the learning needs of New York City schoolchildren. (1988-93;
in use, expanded to Philadelphia and Albany)
Day-to-day management of the new Constitution
Works educational program of classroom and museum explorations
of constitutional issues; public exhibitions and programs on political
and governmental issues facing the city and the nation; and other
development efforts. (1989-90)
Writing, design, production, and programming
for a major exhibition on the launching of the new republic at
New York's Federal Hall in 1789-90.
(1989-90; now open) |
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Eldridge Street
Project
New York, NY
Production of an award-winning ten-minute slide-sound program,
for use in raising funds for the restoration of the magnificent
century-old Eldridge Street Synagogue on New York's Lower East
Side. (1987; still in use)
Development of an interpretive program to provide
intellectual access to the historic synagogue for school and adult
groups, tourists, and special audiences. (1990-91, 1995) |
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Ella Sharp Museum
Jackson, MI
Master planning for a redesign of the museum as a community-oriented
learning center. (1991) |
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Ethan Allan
Homestead Trust
Burlington, VT
Planning, design and production of a new interpretive facility
at the homestead of the remarkable Revolutionary-era insurrectionary
and founder of the state of Vermont. (1985-88; now open) |
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Franklin D.
Roosevelt National Historic Site
Hyde Park, NY
Interpretive planning and preliminary exhibit design for a new
visitors' center to serve the presidential library, museum, and
the Roosevelt family home. (2001-2002) |
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Fund for the
Borough of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY
Production of a 10-minute video, to be used in classrooms and as
an orientation for school groups visiting Brooklyn's newly restored
Greek Revival Borough Hall. (1988-89; now in use) |
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Germantown Historical
Society
Philadelphia, PA
Interpretive planning, education programs and script treatments
for exhibits and programs on the growth and change in Germantown
history, to be housed in the Society's new museum building. (1990-91) |
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Grutman & Schaffran,
Attorneys
New York, NY
Research on the history of Massachusetts obscenity prosecutions
and "community standards" for the "Caligula" case. (1980) |
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Hermann-Grima
House
New Orleans, LA
Planning for program development, space use, and staffing for a
historic house museum in the Vieux Carré. (1982-83) |
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Higgins Armory
Museum
Worcester, MA
Program development and exhibit planning for the reinstallation
of a superb historical collection of arms and armor. (1982-84) |
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Historic Germantown
Preserved
Germantown, PA
Master planning for a community-wide history program, including
tours and educational programs conducted jointly by thirteen different
agencies, and a feasibility study for development of a new Germantown
History Center. (1987-88) |
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Independence
National Historical Park
Philadelphia, PA
Planning, design and production of "Miracle at Philadelphia," the
major national interpretive exhibit honoring the Bicentennial of
the United States Constitutional Convention of 1787. (1984-86;
exhibit open 1986-87) |
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The Jewish Museum
New York, NY
Development, planning, design, and writing for a major interpretive
exhibit, "Entertaining America," on Jews in the media. (1997-1999)
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Lower
East Side Tenement Museum
New York, NY
Planning of interpretive exhibits and programs, organizational
development, and fund raising strategies for a new "living
history" tenement museum on New York's Lower East Side, the
gateway for generations of American immigrants. (1987-1998)
Museum planning, staff development, and program/exhibit
design, including conducting an NEH-funded self-study grant for
the museum. (1991-92) |
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Maine
Humanities Council
Portland, ME
Design, research, and fabrication of a traveling exhibit on the
topographical and social history of Maine communities in the period
before statehood. (1982-83; exhibit on view until 1989)
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Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Management
Boston, MA
Research and writing for a documentary history of Fall River, Massachusetts.
Design of exhibits and a major slide-sound presentation for a new
state industrial history park in Fall River. (1980-81) |
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Massachusetts
Office of the Secretary of State
Boston, MA
Museum planning, design, and production of exhibits for the new
Commonwealth Museum at the State Archives Building. (1983-85)
Development, design, and production of a major
interpretive exhibit on the occasion of the bicentennial of Shays'
Rebellion in Massachusetts. (1985) |
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Metropolitan
Transportation Authority
New York, NY
Master planning and design for a new, highly interactive Transit
Museum in Brooklyn, chronicling the history of the world's largest
subway system and its influence in shaping the Big Apple. (1988-89) |
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Minnesota
Historical Society
St. Paul, MN
Development of interpretive and operational plans for the James
J. Hill House in St. Paul as a museum, gallery, and public office
space. (1981) |
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Minnesota
Department of Administration and Capitol Area Architectural Board
St. Paul, MN
Planning for a new Labor History Interpretive Center, designed
to involve visitors in exploring the work experiences and environments
of Americans over two centuries. (1987-93) |
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Museum
of History and Industry
Seattle, WA
Planning of a major new series of core exhibits and programs, and
guiding the design and implementation of the first in the series,
"Salmon Stakes," about the confluence of immigrant labor,
technological change, and ecological degradation in the salmon
canneries along the Pacific Northwest Coast, ca. 1909. (1995-96;
now open) |
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Mütter Museum,
Philadelphia College of Physicians
Philadelphia, PA
Reinterpretation and reinstallation of an important 19th-century
collection of specimens, instruments, and images of methods of
medical science. (1984-86) |
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National Archives
and Records Administration
Washington, DC
Conceptual planning, exhibit and operational design for a major
national traveling exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary
of the experience of Americans in World War II. (1989) |
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National Endowment
for the Humanities
Washington, DC
Researching and writing a directory of selected exhibits supported
by NEH grants between 1970 and 1982. (1983) |
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National Museum
of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
Design, historical research, script development, and production
planning for "16 Elm Street: The Time Machine," a major
multi-media production on the history of American domestic life.
(1980-83)
Planning, writing, and exhibit design for
a German loan exhibition on the life of General Steuben, the military
genius of George Washington's Army. (1982)
Design and production of a theatrical curtain,
and sound and light presentation for the historic Fort McHenry "Star
Spangled Banner" flag.(1982)
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National Museum
of Women in the Arts
Washington, DC
Development of a master interpretive plan for a new museum devoted
to the art created by women over several centuries.
(1983; now open) |
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National Park
Service
Washington, DC
Improving historical interpretation of NPS Civil War Battlefields
through a two-day symposium on new historical scholarship at Ford's
Theater; a program of two-week-long training institutes for site
interpreters; and a system-wide website on broader interpretation
of the Civil War.
(1999-2001) |
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National Trust
for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC
Development of an interpretive plan and writing of a new interpretive
exhibit at the historic Gaylord Building in Lockport, Illinois.
(1997-99; now open) |
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National Underground
Railroad
Freedom Center
Cincinnati, OH
Master planning for a major new cultural institution that documents
and tells the stories of escaping slaves and the people of all
races who assisted them in their flight. (1995-2000)
Leadership of the research, planning, and schematic
design team for "Freedom & Slavery in the Making of the
United States," one of the core exhibits at the
new center. (1999-2000)
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Nebraska National
Trails Museum
Ogallala, NE
Master planning for a new outdoor/community-based regional history
museum interpreting the continuity of human migration across the
North American continent. (1997-98) |
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New Jersey Division
of Buildings and Construction
Trenton, NJ
Historical research, interpretive planning, writing a research
monograph, and the design of interpretive exhibits and media programs
about the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth, to be installed
at a state park visitor center, including architectural modifications
and redesign of outdoor features. (1991-94) |
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New York Botanical
Garden
Bronx, NY
Re-imagining the NYBG landscape as an avenue for understanding
the global variety of garden forms and other expressions of the
cultural construction of nature, through a set of interpretive
exhibits and performances. (1994-95) |
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New York City
Department of Parks and Recreation
New York, NY
Development of an interpretive plan for the New York City Harbor
Park, including design of a waterborne tour of the harbor, training
of park rangers, and the preparation of brochures and guidebooks. (1985) |
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New-York Historical
Society
New York, NY
Long-range planning for a new generation of exhibits, and writing
of brochure and exhibit text for re-opening of galleries. (1995)
Master planning, design, and production of
exhibits, audio tours, and other interpretive programs, in connection
with the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture.
(1998- 2000; now open)
Curatorial direction and planning, research,
writing, and project oversight of the largest national effort ever
to interpret in museum exhibitions the significance of slavery
in one region of the United States. Slavery in New
York opens from October 2005 to March 2006. Commerce
and Conscience: New York,
Slavery, and the Civil War opens from November 2006
to April 2007. |
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Old South Association
and National Parks Service
Boston, MA
Evaluation, the development of interpretive alternatives, and schematic
design of new exhibits and programs at Boston's historic Old South
Meeting House, in conjunction with a program of building preservation
and long-range organizational planning. (1992-93) |
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Orange County
Historical Society
Orlando, FL
Master planning and exhibit design for a new museum of central
Florida history, to be housed in a renovated Beaux Arts courthouse,
set in a new history park downtown. (1993-95) |
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Oregon Historical
Society
Portland, OR
Creating new exhibit formats, involving collaboration with community
artists and educators and integrating new technologies and interpretive
arts, for "Breaking Traditions," the Society's effort
to redesign its permanent exhibit galleries. (1994) |
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Parks Council
New York, NY
Preliminary programming and design for orientation facilities at
Sailor's Snug Harbor landing on Staten Island. (1985)
Concept, research, and design for a traveling
exhibition, "People Make Parks," describing how New Yorkers
are creating a new generation of parks in underserved neighborhoods,
waterfronts, and natural areas. (1993) |
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Prospect Park
Alliance
Brooklyn, NY
Historical research, interpretive planning, and exhibit design
for the 200-year-old Lefferts Homestead in Prospect Park. (1988) |
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Providence 350
Committee
Providence, RI
Planning, design, and fabrication of "Providence Visionaries," an
exhibit commemorating the 350th anniversary of the founding of
Providence in 1636. (1985-86) |
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Reynolda House
Museum of American Art
Winston-Salem, NC
Interpretive planning and design for a visitor orientation program
in a new addition to the historic house and museum, exploring three
generations of innovative women and their relationship to local
community life. (2000-2002) |
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Rhode Island
Heritage Harbor
Providence, RI
Development of an interactive educational program that will serve
as the connector for exhibits and programs at a new regional history
center created through the collaboration of sixteen regional heritage
groups. (1999-2001)
Design and program development for a replica
of a 15th-century Portuguese caravel, which will serve as one of
the core exhibits of the new Heritage Harbor. (1999-present) |
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Roberson Center
for the Arts and Sciences
Binghamton, NY
Thematic development for exhibits for the Broome County Immigration
History Project, and production of "Family Album," a
videotape presentation of a local Italian-American family's rediscovery
of its history. (1982-83) |
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Saint Mary's
City Commission
St. Mary's City, MD
Master planning for programs and staff development, and the creation
of the first generation of self-initiated learning devices along
an "interpretive corridor," as the first step in fashioning
a new
"archæology adventure park." (1992-94) |
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Society for
the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Boston, MA
Long-range planning for audience development and interpretive programs
for eight historic house museums in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire
area. (1980-1981)
Master planning for consolidation of the SPNEA's
vast collection of historical artifacts and archives, as well as
its conservation services, together with newly developed interpretive
exhibits, study-storage tours and hands-on educational programs,
at the Boston Navy Yard's historic Ropewalk. (1988-1989) |
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South Street
Seaport Museum
New York, NY
Thematic development, historical research, and script writing for
"The South Street Experience," a major multi-media interpretation
of the growth of South Street and New York City as a center of
world commerce.
(1982-83; shown through 1991) |
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Statue of Liberty
/ Ellis Island Centennial Commission
New York, NY
Master planning for interpretive exhibits, programs, and visitor
services at Ellis Island in New York harbor. (1985) |
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Stuyvesant High
School
New York, NY
Design of a dynamic "Hall of Achievement," which will
incorporate, over the years, a growing body of student-produced
videos that celebrate and explore the continuities of student,
faculty, parent, and alumni contributions to SHS's record of excellence
since 1904. (1999) |
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Telling Lives
Brooklyn, NY
Development of a computer-interactive program to be installed as
a regularly changing interpretive program in history museums, libraries,
and community centers. Participants will record personal and family
memories of ordinary life experiences, such as going to school,
family vacations, the challenges of work, and military service.
The stories will become the basis of community programming for
the host institution. In addition, the stories will be sent to
a new archive at the University of Toronto, where they will be
indexed and available to scholars, filmmakers, and writers. (2002-present) |
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Temple Israel
Boston, MA
Design and construction of a museum space within the Temple building,
production of several exhibits, and development of a format for
changing exhibits to be produced by the Temple community. (1982-84;
in use)
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United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, DC
Interpretive planning for exhibits representing the tragedy of
the Nazi extermination of European Jewry. (1983) |
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United States
International Communications Agency
Washington, DC
Brochure and slide-sound program script for "The American
Museum: An Experience in Community," an exhibition that toured
Eastern Europe. (1981-83) |
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"War For
Freedom" project, National Park Foundation
Washington, D.C.
Planning and design of a new web-based curriculum that invites
teachers and students to see the Civil War from the perspective
of the four million African Americans emerging from slavery. The
project makes available selections of documents collected by the
Freedmen and Southern Society Project at the University of Maryland
with video elements illustrative of African American life discovered
at National Park Service Civil War battlefields. Master teachers
pilot innovative methods to encourage student research, writing,
and public presentations. (2002-present) |
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Wheeling National
Heritage Area
Wheeling, WV
Historical research, interpretive planning, and design of program
collaborations, visitor center facilities, exhibit designs, and
public art installations, to transform the historic center of Wheeling
into an experientially rich historic landscape. (1993-94) |
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