Content•Design Collaborative LLC

A team-based enterprise that develops and implements compelling interpretive experiences for museums and visitor centers.

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@RepJasmine Brilliant!

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To start the new year, Object|Idea and Content•Design will visit the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge to begin work on the new exhibit program for the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex; 10 locations on the Island reserved for osprey, green heron, and pine barrens.

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The Mish Michaels Hall for Scientific Discovery will be opening in July, and includes the Henry LaPrade image of the Worcester tornado. Today is the 90th anniversary of this tragic 1953 event, prompting the reorganization of the Storm Prediction Center.

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Our exhibit at Highfield Hall & Gardens will include the people who cooked, cleaned, gardened, hauled, chopped wood, fed, kept warm and maintained the “House of Dreams” for the Beebe family in Falmouth. Most of these people were from Ireland.

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A dream education EGD project! CDC collaborated with T2 Architecture to create wayfinding and placemaking graphics at the new Raymond E. Shaw Elementary in Millbury Massachusetts. Note the inclusive restroom pictographs and color-coded class portals. Photos by Clark Linehan

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Last Thursday the Executive Director Suzy Buchanan of the Shirley-Eustis House in Roxbury gave a presentation of the research conducted into the enslaved lives on the plantation. It is hard work uncovering this information.

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I heard an exhibit opened in Philadelphia last week! The Museum of the American Revolution held its largest exhibit opening ever with Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia last Thursday.

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Content•Design started the Period Room and History Gallery project with the Highfield Hall & Gardens team in Falmouth, MA. James Madison Beebe envisioned a “House of Dreams,” where he and his family would escape from Boston and recapture the Pittsfield pastoral of his youth.

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Hear Sarah Morris and I discuss the Baggott Gallery exhibit, a small project with its own history. Hosted by Director Rachael Robinson, our topics go beyond the boundaries of interpretation and exhibits.

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At a gathering honoring the late Mish Michaels, the meteorologist who tirelessly supported the Blue Hill Observatory education programs. Jill Domenici and I were moved by the tributes given by Tim Kelley and Harvey Leonard. Great music and atmosphere at the Trillium Brewery.

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Blue Hill Observatory Board member Tamara Ledley and Program Director Don McCasland, myself after user-testing a CMS-based interactive at the Sudbury Historical Society. The Society is thriving since our exhibit and many other initiatives, undertaken by Director Rachael Robinson.

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We need your help! Looking for people fluent in German, Spanish & French (& maybe other languages) to translate our COVID Riskiest Activities dataviz in exchange for a free #IIBWAB workshop ticket. If you can help, get in touch: [email protected]

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@DalaiLama @uxfitz compassion and community - values are all we really have

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At the close of our research trip for the South Slough National Estuary Research Reserve, Matt Kirchman were hosted by Jaime Belanger, a marine biologist who is the Education Director at South Slough.

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It’s time for peonies https://t.co/t18DM6lH4E

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Recently I met up with Jessica Marks Rubenstein at the opening of her exhibit "Now What" at the BSA Space in Boston. We worked together at a nearby studio in Boston in aughts. Stop by the dynamic BSA space and immerse yourself in this important exhibit on advocacy and activism.

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@growingwisdom Thanks

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It was a bright afternoon when workshop leaders and participants completed the Recommendations Workshop for Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades. Learn more here https://t.co/O9bXoF69TP

#cypress #nature #interpretation #planning #exhibitions

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Everything is better in Vermont @ Brattleboro, Vermont https://t.co/dntvOEZAHQ

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The estimable James Forten (1766-1842) of Philadelphia—seaman, sailmaker, businessman, property owner, and abolitionist will be featured in a new Museum of the American Revolution exhibit early next year. Content•Design is honored to be the exhibit lead for this project.