Paterson History Kiosk Moving Towards Completion.
For the last year, we have been working with the Hamilton Partnership for Paterson on an interactive digital display table about the People of Paterson that will provide bios of historically or culturally significant Patersonians. The kiosk will also highlight some of the many immigrant communities and historic events that have defined Paterson. The Kiosk will be installed at the Paterson Museum in late 2024. The Partnership is the official nonprofit partner of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in Paterson’s National Historic District.
This project is similar in scope to the award-winning digital history project that Heritage Consulting Inc. completed for Camden NJ (see story above). Both projects were funded by the New Jersey Historic Trust. In Paterson, the tabletop interactive display will first be installed in the Paterson Museum located in the Rogers Locomotive Works building. When the new Hamilton Visitor Center is completed for the National Park in 2026, the display will be moved to that location. Our colleagues at Night Kitchen Interactive are working with the Hamilton Partnership on the look and feel of the digital display. We served as the historians for the project, writing some of the popups and participating in project development.