Exercise 1: Exploring Exhibits

In groups, explore these exhibits. Take a quick look at all of them and then choose two to focus on and discuss the questions below.

Exhibits

• Fighting for Democracy: Dominican Veterans from World War II, Platform: Omeka

• Jane Austen: Books and Biography, Platform: Exhibit.so

• Racing to Change, Platform: A developer customized site

• Japanese Digitization Project, Platform: Scalar

• A Gospel of Health: Hilla Sheriff's Crusade Against Malnutrition in South Carolina, Platform: Wordpress (.com and .org)

• #LovecraftCountry, Platform: Wordpress (.com and .org)

Questions

• What is your general impression of the exhibit? (How inviting and effective is it?)

• How central are the exhibit objects to the story being told?

• How does the visual design of the site affect the tone/feel?

• What do you think about the flow of the exhibit and the navigability of the site?