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Opened October 8, 1999
Experience the history of a new musical venue in Detroit, called IO, through interviews, sound files, and photography. Web designer and photographer Matthew Martin was able to capture the history as it happened and exploit the robust nature of the world wide web to display images and sound together.
Exhibit Curator and Designer: Matthew Martin
Music History 102: A Guide to Western Composers and Their Music
Opened April 19, 1996
Revised March 2, 1998
Experience Western musical history through information on the thirty-some odd composers chosen as representative of the great music, styles, and trends in music history. Newly revised, with more composers, more images, more sounds, and more information.
Exhibit Curator and Designer: Robert Sherrane.
Pueblo Pottery
Opened May 14, 1997
Displays a wide range of Native American Pueblo pottery from the Southwestern United States. Full screen, full color images are accompanied by detailed descriptions. A glossary, bibliography and "classroom" offer opportunities for users to learn more. Lawrence Frank, author of Historic Pottery of the Pueblo Indians, 1600-1880, provided assistance and permission to use elements of his book in the exhibit.
Exhibit Curator and Designer: James A. Ringold
Swinging Through Time: The Graystone Museum and the Story of Detroit Jazz
Opened April 4, 1997
The history of the Detroit jazz scene comes to life through a multimedia experience including essays, photographs, RealAudio and QuickTime video.
Exhibit Curators and Designers: W. Kim Heron and Bryan A. Blank
Dinosaur Floor of the Exhibit Museum
Opened January 7, 1997
Take a virtual tour of the Dinosaur Floor of the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum. Using QuickTime VR technology, you can experience bones, models and other exhibit items of dinosaurs, mastodons and other prehistoric creatures.
Exhibit Curator and Designer: Bernadette C. Milan
The Legacy of Grammy Mirk
Opened October 31, 1996
Members of a Pittsburgh family create a portrait of their mother and grandmother, Mirk, through photographs and oral recollections. Their conflicting perspectives about her life reveal this woman's impact on each person, and build a complex study of human personality, family interaction and individual memories.
Exhibit Curator and Designer: Mike Brostoff
Genesis: A Photo Essay Of The Black Community In Kansas City, Missouri
From 1885
Opened September 19, 1996
Euphrates, Incorporated celebrates its twelfth year as a cultural arts organization by premiering the electronic version of its first conventional exhibition, Genesis: A Photo Essay Of The Black Community In Kansas City, Missouri From 1885. This exhibition of photographs displays African-Americans citizens as contributing members of Kansas City society.
Electronic exhibition design team: Linda Jackson, Kendra Frost, Emanuel Cooper, Jr.
Anarchist Images
Opened April 30, 1996
Anarchist Images is an exhibit of anarchist posters from the Labadie Collection which forms part of the Special Collections Library at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The Labadie Collection's anarchist posters are numerous, represent a variety of anarchist philosophies, and are international in scope. The posters in this exhibit exemplify the variety of opinions, viewpoints and causes which define anarchist movements.
Exhibit Curator and Designer: Cameron Trowbridge.
The Art of the Fake: Egyptian Forgeries from the Kelsey Museum of
Archeology
Opened February 27,1996
The Art of the Fake is a digital exhibition of Egyptian artifacts from the University of Michigan's Kelsey Museum of Archeology. Created especially for the IPL, this exhibition showcases a variety of forgeries alongside examples of genuine Egyptian antiquities, including sculptures, mummy portraits and other artifacts.
Exhibit Designer: Anne Noakes
Trains Across America
Opened January 6, 1996
Trains Across America is a sampler of railroad photographs taken over the past 10 years. The photographer has been interested in trains ever since his parents put a Lionel train around the Christmas tree over 30 years ago. During recent years he has spent many weekends and vacations taking pictures of trains throughout the United States. We have compiled a digital album of these photos that will appeal not only to other railfans, but to anyone who appreciates good photography.
Exhibit Curator & Designer: Sandra G. Swisher
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