Storytellers and ADA Assistive Technology

FAIN: GI-285466-22

Historic St. Mary's City Commission (St. Mary's City, MD 20686-0039)
Regina M. Faden (Project Director: August 2021 to May 2023)
Peter Friesen (Project Director: May 2023 to present)

Production of three Storyteller kiosks as part of the Maryland Heritage Interpretive Center orientation exhibition and exhibition-wide ADA assistive technology.

The project includes production of three interactive interpretive elements called Storytellers to ensure diverse and inclusive history is presented. To assist in the development of the exhibition content that is fully representative of all the lived experiences of people on the site, the HSMCC will partner with community collaborators and humanities scholars. The project includes ADA assistive technology to enhance accessibility for those visitors who are blind or visually impaired by creating Visual Descriptions of the interactives that can be accessed by the visitor through technologies embedded in the exhibition or a personal cellphone.