Interpretive Installations

City Stories Installation at the Philadelphia History Museum

Client: Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent
Project: City Stories Media Installation

The Philadelphia History Museum has emerged from a three-year hiatus and opened its doors, showcasing the first of many exhibits that reflect the institution’s fresh approach to audience engagement and local history. City Stories, an interactive orientation gallery, introduces visitors to the newly-renovated museum through a compelling mix of historical artifacts, insightful narratives, and local stories of everyday Philadelphians.

Deer Enclosure Poetry Interactive for Penn Museum

Client: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Project: Deer Enclosure Multi-touch Poetry Interactive

Designed for a multi-touch table in the Penn Museum’s Secrets of the Silk Road exhibition, this interactive engages audiences in the beauty and complexity of the Chinese language.

Country Dog Gentlemen Mobile Game

Client: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Project: Country Dog Gentlemen Mobile Game

The Country Dog Gentlemen are on the move once again, encouraging visitors to see and think about art from a fun, insightful, and exploratory perspective through a mobile gallery game.

UMMA DialogTable Movies

Client: The University of Michigan Museum of Art
Project: UMMA Dialogtable Movies

Employing a collaborative storytelling approach, Night Kitchen Interactive developed 32 short movies for the museum’s DialogTable installation, bringing together a wide range of voices in a thought-provoking, creative manner. In addition, a companion website was developed to integrate social media into this special exhibit.

Country Dog Gentlemen Kiosk and Website

Client: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Project:
Country Dog Gentlemen Kiosk and Website

Inspired by Roy De Forest’s iconic painting, Country Dog Gentlemen the playful animations and lively interactives for SFMOMA’s touch-screen kiosks encourage visitors to engage with art and allow them to create their own original works to submit to an every growing collection on the museum’s website.

Seize the Vote!

Client: National Constitution Center
Project: Seize the Vote!

Designed for the National Constitution Center, Seize the Vote! is an interactive online game that allows participants to explore the complex and profoundly consequential history of voting rights in the United States.

Franklin’s Interactive Lifetime

Client: The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
Project: Franklin’s Interactive Lifetime

Night Kitchen Interactive created a rich media interactive timeline of Franklin’s life and his achievements. This highly visual exhibit includes games, activities, and animated stories that bring this founding father and the compelling themes of his legacy to life.

Explore Butterflies!

Client: The Academy of Natural Sciences
Project: Explore Butterflies!

This award-winning interactive is comprised of four immersive game-like activities that focus on learning about different butterfly species, their habitat and anatomy, and the impact of global warming on the world’s butterfly population. Catered to families and children ages 8-12, the interactives were designed for the exhibit’s touch-screen kiosks and website.

Centuries of Citizenship

Client: The National Constitution Center
Project: Centuries of Citizenship

When the National Constitution Center wanted to transform its “We the People” exhibit into an online feature, Night Kitchen Interactive created a vibrant and participatory narrative experience that immerses the visitor in the sights, sounds, and headlines of the evolving story of the US Constitution.

Live Animal Center

Client: The Academy of Natural Sciences
Project: Live Animal Center

Designed in the form of an interactive picture book, the touch-screen kiosks at the Academy’s Live Animal Center educate and entertain audiences both young and old.