Project Number
- 27
Title
- Treasures of the Smithsonian
Description
- Interactive CD application for home exploration of the Smithsonian Institution.
Contact
- Jim Hoekema
Affiliation
- Hoekema Interactive
Address
- 9411 Rosehill Drive
- Bethesda, Maryland 20817
- +1.301.469.6588
- +1.301.469.6589 fax
- Bethesda, Maryland 20817
- Compuserve: 76117,1736
WWW
Year
- 1991
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 91 Tomorrow's Realities Program
Project Details
- A CD-I (CD-Interactive) application designed as home-entertainment for an armchair tour of the Smithsonian Institution's 14 museums.
- A custom interactive hypermedia presentation of selected "treasures" that support random access to text, imagery, and animation about the artifact.
- Intended for as a retail educational resource to be used in the home.
Sight
- CD-Interactive (CD-I)
Sound
- CD-Interactive (CD-I)
Touch
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 5 - Established, Finished
Intent
- 3 - Application (expression, enabler)
Primary
- 306 - education
Secondary
- 101 - hypermedia, hypertext
Remarks
- "Treasures of the Smithsonian" received a first-place Muse Award from the American Association of Museums.
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