Promoting America: Maps of the Colonies and the New Republic — Map Explorer — Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg
A digital map-and-print explorer accompanying "Promoting America: Maps of the Colonies and the New Republic," a temporary exhibition that ran October 17, 2020 through March 27, 2022 at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, was designed and developed by Ideum.
| Venue | Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg |
|---|---|
| Project type | Temporary Exhibition |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2020 |
| Technologies | touchscreen table, Unity |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Ideum | Media Design & Software | Pan-and-zoom digital map and print explorer with curator-added annotations, connected to Colonial Williamsburg's museum-wide CMS |
Description
The interactive lets visitors pan and zoom historical maps and prints from the colonial and early-Republic periods, exploring curator-added points-of-interest. Ideum's Inline open-frame touch displays were housed in custom period-styled tables built by Colonial Williamsburg's own museum design and operations group.