The Burke Museum
Seattle, WA

Exhibition development and script-writing for a series of five galleries and interstitial spaces as part of The New Burke--a brand new museum space to house and celebrate the diverse collections of University of Washington's Burke Museum. Collaborating with curators and exhibit designers to define key learning objectives, identify universal themes, and narrow focus of exhibition narratives for a series of re-conceived exhibition galleries: Archaeology, Ethnology, Biodiversity, Paleontology, and Native American Art.

Expected opening Summer 2019.
In collaboration with Creative Content Studios.

2018 MUSE AWARD
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Strategic assessment and redesign of NMAI's Education website to introduce learners and educators to Native Knowledge 360--a fundamental rethinking of the museum's educational mission.

• Completed a strategic review of the museum's existing education website and lesson plans, suggesting a restructured navigation structure and identifying opportunities to cross-reference available resources and reference materials. (2015)
• Collaborated with education staff to design a flexible content template for lesson plan development with the goal of standardizing content structure while promoting ease of use by educators, supporting a variety of media and opportunities for student interaction and aligning to C3 standards. (2016)
• Concept design and prototyping of interactive learning activities to support new digital curricula--from a salmon spawning adventure to exploratory maps to document annotations. (2016-17)
• Iterative assessment and redesign of NK 360's Educator page to effectively orient educators to the resources and programs available online and in person at both the DC and NYC museums. (2018)

Education content strategy & development, user experience design, and information architecture for the Penn Museum's inaugural Public Classroom about Science and Race: History, Use, and Abuse and its online web portal.