Writing
Notes on meeting the past.
On museums opening their doors, classrooms coming alive, and the care it takes to bring a person back faithfully.
Field notes
Meeting Roosevelt
This July, a museum will let visitors walk up and ask Theodore Roosevelt a question. It is a small thing that changes everything about how a person meets history.
Read → 4 minMission
The distance between us and history
Why a company that builds museum exhibits also builds a game, a classroom tool, and a studio — and why that is one mission, not four products.
Read → 4 minCraft
What it takes to bring someone back faithfully
Making a historical figure speak is not the hard part. Making them speak truthfully — and knowing when to let them stay silent — is the whole job.
Read → 4 minHelp us close the distance.
Whether you run a museum, teach a class, make things for an audience, or just love this stuff — we'd like to hear from you.