Online Exhibits

Sharing Digital Objects

We provide consultations about building accessible online exhibits, which present a curated selection of items virtually and can be assembled with a variety of platforms.

  • Omeka is an open source platform useful for projects with numerous digital objects, particularly images, that need a flexible organization system for display and curation
  • Omeka.net is a version of the platform hosted on Omeka servers that allows users to get started quickly.
  • Omeka.org is a fully customizable version of Omeka that you can host on a personal server. We can provide consultation on available hosting options.
  • WordPress is an effective platform for presenting multimedia objects in a flexible content management system.
  • WordPress.com is a fully hosted version of the platform that allows you to get started quickly.
  • WordPress.org is a fully customizable version of the platform that you can host on a personal server. We can provide consultation on available hosting options.
  • ArcGIS Storymaps is a platform that allows users to tell stories through overlapping data points and maps. 

Online Exhibits Projects

Global Health Chronicles | CDC Museum

The Global Health Chronicles is a collection of materials on public health efforts to prevent, control and eradicate global disease.

Threads of Time

This exhibition and catalogue feature indigenous textiles from the ancient and modern Andes.

Apollo 15 Hub

During the period 1969-1972, six human expeditions explored the Earth’s Moon during the Apollo Program. The purpose of the Apollo 15 Learning Hub is to assemble, preserve, and make available primary source records of Apollo for research, education, history, and as an example of a unique human endeavor.

Oakland Cemetery History

This site uses Oakland Cemetery as a lens through which to better understand Atlanta, its history, and its connections to a globalized world.

Views of Rome

Views of Rome is the online home of the 1773 edition of Pirro Ligorio’s Anteiquae Urbis Imago (Image of the Ancient City) held at Emory University. The map draws upon literary sources, coins, inscriptions, and physical remains to locate and illustrate the structures of the ancient city.