Revisions to Museum of San Diego History

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Revisions toMuseum of San Diego History

• by Rosina Guerra-Lunceford and Ruth Maas

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Opening of the exhibit
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Learning Objective

• Discover through viewing displays and artifacts
  the lifestyle and cultural adjustments Somalian
  youth have made in coming to America.
• Listen and learn from the stories of Somalian
  youth about their challenges as immigrants.

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The original display
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Proposal

• Enrich the existing displays with technology
• Present an easier mode for the learner to access
  the exhibit information
• Restructure the floor plan to include a sitting
  area and central kisok

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More Proposals

• Wall-mount artifacts and replace text boards with
  audio tracks
• Place audio-track with motion activation
  life-size cardboard mannequin outside door of
  display
• Integrate a webquest to correlate with the exhibit

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Why revise?

• Turn a fantastic exhibit into an even better one.
• Transform existing text boards into multi-media
  enhanced objects to bring realism.
• Convey the message in a more personal way using
  audio of the girls.

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Glass case in original exhibit
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Same wall with redesign
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Objects

• basketball signed by the girls
• beautiful hand-made purses
• hand-decorated fans
• costumes and linen from Somalian culture
• Henna display

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Audio buttons
Several of the artifacts will have their text
board descriptions replaced with audio
buttons The audio tracks contain the voices of
the Somalian girls. An alternative to the audio
buttons would be a mp3 track downloadable to an
iPod.
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Somalia purse
The purse is currently on display in the glass
case. Proposed revisions put this purse in a
wall-mounted shadow box. Under the box will be an
audio button containing the voice of Rahmi
telling her story about the fans.
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Hand-painted fan
Two hand-painted fans from Africa are currently
on display in the glass case. Proposed revisions
put these fans in a wall-mounted shadow box.
Under the box will be an audio button containing
the voice of Rahmi telling her story about the
fans.
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Somalia linen
This linen was originally displayed in the glass
case. Proposed revision mounts the original in a
shadow box, and puts a touchable linen sample in
the exhibit.
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Somolia costume
Existing Somalia costume is on a mannequin.
Proposed revision is to put the costume on a
life-size cardboard cut-out with a photographed
face, and add a button with an audio track of
Rahmi telling her own story about her dress.
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Henna tattoos
Proposed visitor participation table where rub-on
Henna tattoos can be applied.
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The new kiosk
Centralized touch-screen kiosk will teach
visitors about the exhibit and also assess their
understanding
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The kiosk
Interactive Video
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Technologies

• Audio buttons
• touch-screen kiosk
• life-size paper cut outs
• world map audio/photo display
• how-to Henna tattoo table
• share with me computer input display

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Acknowledgments

• Thank you to
• Museum of San Diego History Johanna Jalot,
  Outreach Coordinator Kate Vogel, Exhibit
  Graphic Designer
• Professor Bob Hoffman
• Elizabeth Maas