Richmond Museum of History & Culture
When the Richmond Museum of History & Culture set out to renovate its Ohlone exhibit, Director Melinda McCrary and an advisory group of Bay Area Native people wanted visitors to do more than read about Chochenyo. They wanted them to hear it and speak it.
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Wicked Code built the software that makes that possible. Visitors tap a word or phrase, see it written, and hear it pronounced by Ohlone language specialist Deja Gould. Artwork by Beatrice Oregel sets the tone for every screen.
Our job was to stay out of the way. The interface has no menus to get lost in and no instructions to read. A visitor walks up, touches the screen, and is learning within seconds. Behind the scenes it’s built for museum life: it starts itself, recovers on its own, and doesn’t need a technician on staff.
The exhibit has since led other institutions to us, including Peralta Hacienda Historical Park in Oakland, where we built a video kiosk for their Ohlone room.
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