Client: Krannert Art Museum
Project: African Art iPad Interactives

Night Kitchen recently developed a suite of iPad interactive kiosks for the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in conjunction with the re-opening of their African art gallery. The iPads feature videos that combine historical and contemporary narratives in order to reveal a complex and nuanced history of African art objects appropriated and reinterpreted over time.

Client: Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent
Project: iPad Interactives

The Philadelphia History Museum is showcasing the treasures from their permanent collection in their newest galleries alongside interactive media installations created by Night Kitchen Interactive.

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.

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.

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.

Client: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Project: Website Redesign

The redesigned website for the Smithsonian Institution Archives showcases the expansive collection of resources and reference materials and establishing a cohesive online experience for all audiences.

Client: Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Project: American Indian Responses to Environmental Challenges

This educational site provides activities, multimedia and information for students to discover the integral role of  environmental education and preservation  in the cultural heritage of American Indian people. 

Client: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Project: Word Trade Interactive Kiosk

Through this touchscreen interactive, visitors are challenged to uncover how the names of traded goods found their way into different languages as a result of the intercultural exchanges that occurred along the Silk Road.

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.

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.