The Experiential Design Index

In Slavery's Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World — National Museum of African American History and Culture

"In Slavery's Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World," a 4,200 sq ft international traveling exhibition on the legacies of racial slavery and colonialism, opened at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC on December 13, 2024, with media and interactive design by Monadnock Media.

VenueNational Museum of African American History and Culture
Project typeTraveling Exhibition
StatusCompleted
Year completed2024
TechnologiesGIS mapping, single-user interactive, narrative video

Credits

FirmRoleNote
Monadnock Media Media Design & Software Media experience design and production and digital interactive design and development, including an interactive Abolition Map and single-user interactives, for the exhibition's Washington, DC debut
Ravenswood Studio Fabrication

Description

Organized by NMAAHC's Center for the Study of Global Slavery and Brown University's Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, the exhibition also travels to venues in Brazil, South Africa, and (planned) Senegal and England; only the Washington, DC installation is recorded here per the index's US-venue scope.

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