Interactive Knowledge Designs an Interactive Exhibition for the Sealaska Heritage Institute

Though many of our projects are web based, we also create unique interactive activities that are installed on location. On May 1, 2018, a new exhibition opened at the Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau, Alaska. The exhibition features three touch screen interactives that are designed and produced by Interactive Knowledge. The exhibition, titled Our Grandparents’ Names on the Land, is a multi-faceted project that began in 2017. We worked closely with SHI to capture the rich culture, language and history of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian natives who have been living in Southeast Alaska for 10,000 years.

The exhibition is located in a 1,000 square foot space at SHI’s headquarters in downtown Juneau. IK led the entire exhibition planning, design and production process, working closely with SHI curators and archivists as well as local carpenters and museum technicians.  The exhibition will be in place for several years and is designed to appeal to natives as well as tourists who arrive all summer via cruise ships and tours. A version of the interactives will be distributed to several local school districts for use in their classrooms.