CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Levine Museum of the New South recently launched a new digital experience that will help shore up the historical knowledge of what shaped the Queen City — “50 Places in Charlotte” — is now live on the Levine Museum of the New South website.
Through the project, collaboratively created by Digital Projects Manager Cliff Whitfield; Director of Programs and Digital Production Alexander Piñeres, and Chief Content Strategist Franky Abbott, a composite map of Charlotte, its communities, and the ways it has changed over the centuries was created.
Charlotte’s history is rich, important, and too often buried. We wanted to help people learn how places have helped shape Charlotte’s history, and how the people who built and used those places interacted with them.
Supported by a generous grant from the Knight Foundation and The Infusion Fund, the team used a combination of internal research of significant places, staff suggestions, and public feedback from the museum’s Charlotte by Charlotte survey to compile the 50 places.
The places will be revealed one by one over the course of 50 weeks. Each week, a new story of a Charlotte place will be told through narrative and multimedia.
This project is another way we can make history accessible for everyone, and to share everyone’s stories and show how significant places and the people behind them shaped and continue to shape the city and region.
The museum anticipates revealing new information about some favorite places in Charlotte, and creating an opportunity for all to discover new histories through places that might be unfamiliar to many.
Those interested can follow the project’s progress on the Levine Museum website, social media pages, and sign up to get a weekly email when each new place is published.
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