Online Exhibits West Coast
SERENITY
Institution: Shanghai Auto Museum
Exhibition Title: She They
This exhibition explains the influence and development women had with auto vehicles.
This exhibition layout is quite unique, and I enjoyed the section that breaks down into certain topics with women influence and development with vehicles. Once you get into the sections, I do think the photos could be laid out a bit nicer and the text being shorter to 9-12 words but other than that I just enjoy the design and text style through this exhibit.
Institution: oregonblackpioneers.org
Exhibition Title: All Aboard! Railroading and Portland's Black Community, 2022
The first transcontinental train reached Portland in which Black railroad workers and their families came. The exhibit dives into the work lives of the Black community and how they created a thriving community.
The exhibition design layout is very consistent, and the sections are well put together. I enjoyed learning the history and how it flows later in history keeping it well and consistent for viewers to see and read. The text fonts are very simple, but I quite enjoy how simplistic it is, and it flows with the color theme as well. The text aligns quite nicely, keeping the site clean and allowing viewers to read successfully. The section titles have white fonts that make them pop which helps viewers see what topics the exhibit will speak about.
SYDNEY
Institution: California Museum
Exhibition Title: Dia De Los Muertos 2020
Dia De Los Muertos is an exhibit focusing on Mexican Culture and the tradition of the remembrance of family and friends who have passed on, creating an altar in their honor. Often gifting their favorite foods on the altars for when the deceased returns. The exhibit focuses primarily on artists' work inspired by the culture and their own families, often using their own interpretations of different cultures and death as inspiration.
The design of this exhibition stood out to me due to its ease of use and the compositional layout. Throughout the digital exhibition, the words are large enough to read with consistent lettering within each different section. The text was easy to understand and didn’t feel as if it took up a lot of space. It’s easy to scroll through and flows very well, without losing track of what you're reading. I never felt as if I was struggling or lost throughout the navigation process, nor did I believe I lost any information about the artworks.
ANDY
Palm Springs Art Museum | Helen Lundeberg | Date not specified
This digital exhibition takes the form of what is essentially a paced slideshow presentation. The speed of progression in the work is restricted by the fade-effect that’s extant between each page. This is, at first, neat but it is hindering if one wants to quickly go back to look at a previous part of the presentation.
This exhibition is clean and relatively simple, showing the artists’ work with a relative description underneath. The controls of the presentation are clearly explained to the user and are easy to navigate.
AD&A Museum UC Santa Barbara | Various – Categorical Review | N/A
The online exhibitions by the AD&A Museum are all generally quite informative. I’ve personally found that most of the exhibitions that I’ve found and cared to give a second glance to have been.
The above is a link to their portal page where one can access their various online exhibitions. During the research phase of this post, I had noticed that a remarkable number of pages that claimed to have online exhibitions but really didn’t upon further examination. Many actually linked to their catalogue or would link to a page that was, if anything, an exhibition teaser – something that would require attendance to get any sense of context or satisfaction from viewing.
This is peak as hell. The High Desert Museum, from Bend, Oregon, has the most delightful virtual exhibitions I had the pleasure of stumbling across during my search. I have linked the main portal page so you can take a look yourself.
The article-style digital exhibitions are laid out in a clean and engaging way. There’s a good type hierarchy, there’s fantastic relevant photography, and it feels good to scroll through.
AND YEAH, they have one of those virtual exhibitions. It’s a virtual tour of the IRL exhibition. I have found that it’s pretty well made and there’s some voiced spots which is nice. Also MAN I wish I was there, this stuff is just so up my alley lol. Anyway, cool. Great.
Let’s talk about being a beaver.
In “Become a beave and create a habitat”, you learn about being a beaver and the environmental impacts that has. This is achieved via a straight up delightful 3D-rendered interactive scene. You’ve got points of interest you can click on and the user interface is very friendly. It’s great to look at and the color/aesthetic design is peak imo. I could also be biased, to be honest, because I love nature and learning about it, but take a look yourself.
There’s one other one that’s like this, titled “Under the Snow”. It’s also a delight.
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