As a generalist, I think the best thing about what I do is having the freedom to explore different topics. My museum-world projects have encompassed everything from jazz and veterinary medicine to civics and ecology. Other work ranges from corporate websites, membership brochures for nonprofits, branding guidelines, and even retail packaging.

National Constitution Center

Photos: Trivium Interactive

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Role: Content developer, writer
Design and Media: Trivium Interactive

I collaborated with the Trivium team and the client to shape media programs that explore the structure of the US government. One provides an overview of the three branches of the federal government and states’ rights. Another offers insights into the president's powers, limits, and daily experiences.  

Lockkeeper’s House, National Mall & Memorial Park

Photos: exterior by Yuhan Zhang; all others Trivium Interactive

Location: Washington, DC
Role: Content developer, writer
Design and Media: Trivium Interactive

Built in 1837, at the intersection of the Washington City Canal and the C&O Canal, this house is the oldest structure on the National Mall. Originally, a lockkeeper lived here to raise and lower the gate-like lock between canals. The building was largely unoccupied from 1855 until the 2010s, when it was renovated into a visitor center about the history of the National Mall. As a member of Trivium Interactive’s team, I helped develop content and write scripts for film and interactive kiosk detailing the Mall’s remarkable transformation from swamp to “America’s front yard.”  

Headwaters Center

Photos: Trivium Interactive

Location: Fraser, Colorado
Role: Content Developer, writer
Design: ECOS Communications
Media: Trivium Interactive

This small visitor center, nestled in the Rocky Mountains, focuses on one of the most important issues facing Colorado and the American West: water. The Fraser River, which runs behind the center, is a tributary of the mighty Colorado River, which drains all or part of seven states and runs through five U.S. states and two Mexican states. As a member of the media team, I helped developed the content and wrote copy for several hands-on interactives in the visitor center.

Niagara Power Vista

Photos of exhibits: Trivium Interactive

Location:  Lewiston, New York
Role:  Content Developer, writer
Exhibit Design:  Hadley Exhibits
Media:  Boston Productions, Inc.

This visitor center, located a short distance downstream from Niagara Falls, overlooks the Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station. Both plant and visitor center are owned and operated by the New York Power Authority (NYPA). As a member of the Boston Productions team (led by Bruce Spero and Kirsten Holmes, who now have their own company, Trivium Interactive), I helped develop and script 10 interactives that explored the history of NYPA, the engineering behind the power station, and the story of the station’s energy source: the mighty Niagara River.

American Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Location:  New York City, New York
Role:  Content developer, editor
Design:  Small Design Firm

I was part of Small Design Firm’s team in helping the American Wing visualize new ways to interpret its collections and orient visitors. The resulting plan was implemented over several years, and included new multi-media kiosks for the American Wing’s famous period rooms. The kiosks offer information about the origins of each room, the objects in it, the people who once lived there, and how the room came to the museum. I helped create the content structure of the kiosks, and then edited text supplied by curators. Holland Cotter of The New York Times called the kiosks “some of the best digital displays I’ve seen in any museum.”

Harley-Davidson Museum

photos: Belle & Wissell

Location:  Milwaukee, WIsconsin
Role:  Content developer, writer
Design:  Pentagram Design (exhibits); Belle + Wissell Co. (interactive media)

The Harley-Davidson Motor Company hired me to develop and write both panel text and interactive media for the legendary motorcycle company’s new museum in downtown Milwaukee. I wrote descriptive labels for all of the motorcycles on display, ranging from the earliest existent Harley bike (dating back to 1903) to the newest models. I created content for 11 multimedia interactive components highlighting riders who shaped Harley history and exploring how motorcycles are designed.

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

photos: Small Design Firm

Location:  Raleigh, North Carolina
Role:  Content developer, writer
Designer:  Small Design Firm

The museum’s 80,000 square-foot Nature Research Center brings “research scientists and their work into the public eye.” The many exhibits include six interactive multimedia stations created by Small Design Firm and written by me. Topics include DNA analysis, fossils, water quality, and weather forecasting. The most complex interactive is a “magic table” that offers visitors many levels of information about animals native to North Carolina.