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Program

Public Programs: Digital Projects for the Public: Prototyping Grants

Period of Performance

1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019

Funding Totals

$100,000.00 (approved)
$100,000.00 (awarded)

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FAIN: MT-263777-19

Cahokia Mounds Museum Society (Collinsville, IL 62234-7617)
Lori Jean Belknap (Project Director: June 2018 to March 2019)
John W Kerber (Project Director: March 2019 to October 2022)

Creation of an augmented reality (AR) prototype, website, and educational resources based on the latest research and interpretation of the eleventh-century Native American settlement.

The Cahokia Mounds Museum Society is seeking this grant to develop a working prototype of a mobile augmented reality application and a new educational website that will focus on this archaeological site that is also one of 23 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the country. The website will also contain educational modules for students that can be used in the classroom.