Learn about exciting new developments at Night Kitchen Interactive.
The History of Vaccines website, developed by Night Kitchen Interactive in collaboration with The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, received a Best in Class award in the Science/Technology category from the Interactive Media Awards.
Along with receiving a Silver Muse award from the Media and Technology Committee of the American Association of Museums (AAM) for Monticello’s online community (a tremendous honor in and of itself), Night Kitchen and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (TJF) were invited to share insights into the creation, function, and fruitful outcomes of Monticello.org’s social media features at the recent Technology, Interpretation, and Education online conference, sponsored by AAM and LearningTimes.
I had the pleasure of attending last week’s THATCamp, short for The Humanities and Technology Camp, an initiative started by George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media. My fellow campers were a mix of academics, museum professionals, librarians, archivists, students, and other digital humanities practitioners from around the region.
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.
We’ve partnered with the Smithsonian Institution Archives to create a new website centered on presenting the Institution’s archival resources and online collections while providing multiple opportunities to showcase SIA’s expertise through dedicated areas for exhibits and educational materials.
We’re excited to announce the upcoming release of Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User Generated World, a new publication from the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage that explores new ways for museums and cultural institutions to approach historical authenticity in the age of social media and online dialogue. The book features an in-depth interview of Matthew Fisher, President of Night Kitchen Interactive, by book editor Bill Adair, Director of the Heritage Philadelphia Program at the Pew.
The redesigned Monticello.org website that Night Kitchen developed for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation has received a Best in Class award in the Community category from the Interactive Media Awards.
The PhilaPlace website, developed by Night Kitchen Interactive in collaboration with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, received a Best in Class award in the Arts/Culture category from the Interactive Media Awards.
Created for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, this new website documents four American Indian communities, the environmental issues facing the four tribes and their responses to those challenges.
Night Kitchen’s Director of Learning Strategies, Stacey Mann, presented a session titled "Walk the Walk: Using Learning Theory in the Exhibit Design Process" at last month’s AAM conference. The productive session was a great success and was very well received. Presenters challenged attendees to consider various types of learners when programming exhibits, encouraged exhibit designers and museum educators to communicate with one another, and explored methods for using educational theory to inform the exhibit design process. The presentation also provided attendees with practical steps to help identify audiences, learning goals, and achieve buy-in from stakeholders and decision makers at their institutions.
