The Experiential Design Index

Cherokee National History Museum — Cherokee National History Museum

The Cherokee National History Museum, created through the renovation of the historic Cherokee National Capitol building in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, opened to the public in August 2019, with media content by Northern Light Productions, exhibit design by Ralph Appelbaum Associates, and fabrication by Capitol Museum Services.

VenueCherokee National History Museum
Project typeMajor Renovation
StatusCompleted
Year completed2019
Technologiesthree-screen film installation, archival imagery, augmented reality

Credits

FirmRoleNote
Northern Light Productions Content Production
Ralph Appelbaum Associates Exhibit Design Per Capitol Museum Services' own portfolio (design partner on 4,000 sq ft permanent galleries plus 1,000 sq ft rotating exhibit area, incl. augmented reality interactive elements)
Capitol Museum Services Fabrication

Description

Northern Light Productions produced an ambient soundscape narrating Cherokee origin stories, audio programs featuring first-person removal accounts, three short films using archival imagery, and "We Remain," a three-screen production created from interviews with ten Cherokee Nation members, from the principal chief to children at the Cherokee Nation Immersion School.

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