Communities and Learning

Educational Portal for the Asian Art Museum

Client: Asian Art Museum
Project: Educational Portal

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum recently partnered with Night Kitchen Interactive to create an educational portal that provides students, teachers and researchers with a searchable, filterable collection of online resources including curricular materials, museum objects, and multimedia resources.

Preparing for the Oath Educational Website

Client: Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Project: Preparing for the Oath

The Preparing for the Oath interactive website was created in partnership with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH), to provide an engaging and participatory means to prepare for the U.S. Citizenship Test by exploring civics and American history.

Gilder Lehrman Website Redesign

Client: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Project: Website Redesign

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History sought to redesign their web presence in order to provide teachers, students and affiliates access to essays, primary sources, programs, video lectures and more through an intuitive and sophisticated website.

Three Online Exhibits Explore Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello

Client: Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Project: Three Online Exhibits Explore Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello

Three online exhibits interpret plantation slavery at Monticello—the home of Thomas Jefferson and his family, as well as enslaved individuals, hired workers, and indentured servants. Drawing on oral history interviews, archaeological evidence, and historical research, these websites present 3D renderings of buildings, interactive maps, dynamically linked profiles of the individuals who lived and worked at Monticello, and family trees of their relatives and descendants, engaging visitors in paradoxical issues of slavery and liberty.

How Things Fly Interactive Website

Client: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Project: How Things Fly Interactive Website

The How Things Fly website provides activities, videos, imagery and information as an online accompaniment to the physical exhibition on view at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

Monticello Website Redesign

Client: Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Project: Monticello Website Redesign

A comprehensive website redesign of Monticello.org brings the richness of the on-site visit online and engages a global audience in a dialogue with Jefferson’s ideas.

Barcode of Life Website and Social Network

Client: Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Project: Barcode of Life Website and Social Network

The Barcode of Life social network and website was designed to enhance collaboration among a global network of scholars on the latest developments in the field of DNA barcoding.

Discover The Real George Washington Interactive Timeline

Client: Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens
Project: Discover the Real George Washington

This interactive timeline that unveils the many facets of America’s first President – statesman, military leader, family man, visionary entrepreneur, and slave owner. Night Kitchen Interactive has developed the timeline as a companion to the traveling exhibition, Discovering the Real George Washington: A View from Mount Vernon.

PhilaPlace: Sharing Stories from the City of Neighborhoods

Client: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Project: PhilaPlace: Sharing Stories from the City of Neighborhoods

Explore Philadelphia’s rich history and culture through PhilaPlace – an interactive website featuring over 150 stories enriched with a growing number of historical and contemporary photos, audio narratives, and video interviews with local residents and community organizations.

21st Century Abe

Client: Rosenbach Museum and Library
Project: 21st Century Abe

With the goal of making Lincoln more accessible to modern audiences, the 21st Century Abe website invites visitors and project artists to contribute creative responses to the museum’s collection, and in the process help shape the curatorial team’s portrait of a contemporary Abraham Lincoln.