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Custom Elements Report

Exhibit 01-01 — Introduction: Tactile Floor Plan Map

CE-01-01-100 Tactile Floor Plan Map

ADA guidelines call for a low relief tactile map for visitors who are blind;

this graphic hangs vertically on the wall, amidst a stylized map of Lowell.

See GL-01.01-100 for a more detailed graphic layout of this map.

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Exhibit 01-03 — Introduction: Lowell Experiences Introduction

CE-01-03-100 Lowell Experiences Flipdoors

Interpretive text introduces nine flip doors, each with a specific Lowellian person or group on the front. This display introduces the recurring “Lowell Experience” exhibit element (with content presented elsewhere via touchscreen). Here, visitors discover what may be surprising tidbits about each person or group through a brief quip—an enticement to follow these stories further in the exhibit.

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Exhibit 02-03 — Cultural Expressions: Art/Craft/Costume

CE-02-03-100 Art Sample Material 1 - Wampum Beads

Wampum beads will correspond with the Wampum choker (AO-02-03-806) featured in CA-02-02.

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6/30/2021Lowell National Historical Park

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CE-02-03-110 Art Sample Material 2 - Ceramic Tile

Ceramic tile will correspond with the Yary Livan jar (AO-02-03-805) that will be featured in CA-02-02.

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CE-02-03-120 Art Sample Material 3 - Embroidery Detail

Fabric with embroidery detail will correspond with the Kashmiri shirt (AO-02-03-807) featured in CA-02-02

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CE-02-03-130 Art Sample Material 4 - Angkor Dance Costume Material

Textured material will correspond with the Angkor dance costume (AO-02-02-803) featured in CA-02-02.

Original textile embellished with beads and sequins will not hold up to visitor handling. Textile may be recreated with more durable materials such as metal sequins, beads, and wire to attach or cast in resin.

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Exhibit 02-05 — Cultural Expressions: Food

CE-02-05-100 Today's Specials

Visitors leave their own recipes by posting sticky notes on a “Today’s Specials” board. This interactive includes the upright board for posting notes, blank sticky note cards, and pencils. Interpretive and instructional text direct visitors in how to use this interactive.

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CE-02-05-200 Menus

Visitors engage with stories of how people express their culture through foods. Visitors interact with two “menu” flipbooks that sit on a bistro table; each featuring one ingredient in a variety of cultural dishes, as well as a “surprise” smell at the end of each menu. The park has identified cinnamon and ginger as the 2 key ingredients.

Image of finished dish one side and ingredients list on the other side.

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CE-02-05-210 Food Scents

Visitors pull the lever to release a “surprise” food smell at the end of each menu. Park has selected cinnamon and ginger as the 2 scents.

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Exhibit 03-02 — Lowell Through Time: Timeline

CE-03-02-100 Timeline Notes

Visitors add their own history to the timeline using sticky notes. This interactive includes the blank sticky note cards and pencils. Interpretive and instructional text direct visitors in how to use this interactive.

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CE-03-02-200 Map Flip Panels

Visitors trace history in a series of connected flip-reveal maps mounted to a rail.

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Exhibit 04-03 — Private Spaces: How Do We Adjust?

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CE-04-03-100 Toys

The toybox should be filled with a variety of toys that teach children about culture. Toys may include a stuffed animal, dolls, building blocks, and a board game.

Polish nesting dolls are representative of the several different types of toys park will purchase in future outside fabrication contract.

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CE-04-03-100 Visitor Response Card Station

Visitors use dry erase cards to share their own stories. Cards are placed in the rail system for other visitors to view.

This interactive includes the custom-printed response cards and dry-erase markers for visitors to record their stories. Interpretive and instructional text direct visitors in how to use this interactive.

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CE-04-03-200 Bookshelf

Bottom shelf is open for books visitors can explore. Shelf will be filled with books by the park.

Potential titles include:

Mister Magnificent’s Magical Merrimack Adventure!

A Long Long Time Ago in Southeast Asia: Tales from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam

A History of Change

We Are America 2019

We Are America Too 2019 (more details on this project needed)

A History of Change

Parsley's Big Adventure

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CE-04-03-201 Book - Mister Magnificent’s Magical Merrimack Adventure

Description:

Who's ready for an adventure?! Join four curious friends from Lowell, Massachusetts as they embark on the trip of a lifetime in a magical time traveling hot air balloon. As the young explorers drift through the sky they learn all about the historical people, events, and places that are woven together to create the rich cultural fabric of Lowell. Packed with fascinating facts and eye-catching mixed media artwork, this book is a one-of-a-kind resource for families. Add it to your children's travel library for an adventure of their own!

Product Details:

Softcover, 30 pages Written and illustrated by Ingrid Hess Dimensions: 8'' x 10''

ISBN: 9159922739350

Available at:

https://shop.americasnationalparks.org/product/146611/Mister-Magnific ent%27s-Magical-Merrimack-Adventure%21/

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CE-04-03-202 Book - A Long Long Time Ago In Southeast Asia: Tales From Burma, Cambodia, Laos, And Vietnam

"A Long Long Time Ago in Southeast Asia" is a multilingual book that consists of 6 Southeast Asian children's folktales told by community members in Lowell and illustrated by UMass Lowell art students and professional illustrators: Burma, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Funded by University of Massachusetts Creative Economy Grant, this book was created for families and teachers who work with K-12 students.

10 x 8 in.; 25.4 x 20.32 cm https://umlseada.omeka.net/items/show/1241

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CE-04-03-203 Book - We Are America https://www.jessicalander.com/we-are-america

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CE-04-03-204 Book - We Are America Too https://www.jessicalander.com/we-are-america

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Exhibit 04-04 — Private Spaces: Which Traditions Endure?

CE-04-04-100 Visitor Response Card Station

Visitors use dry erase cards to share their own stories. Cards are placed in the rail system for other visitors to view.

This interactive includes the custom-printed response cards and dry-erase markers for visitors to record their stories. Interpretive and instructional text direct visitors in how to use this interactive.

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Exhibit 05-01 — Public Spaces: Introduction

CE-05-01-100 Community Tree

As visitors approach this stylized tree, directional and interpretive text encourage them to “activate” the structure. As they touch one of the metal “branches,” only the canopy connected to that single branch will light up (edge lighting). When all the metal branches are touched at the same time, not only will all the canopies light up, but three projectors in the ceiling are activated—projecting a moving light on the ground for a few seconds—in other words, when a community works together, an even more beautiful result occurs.

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Exhibit 05-02 — Public Spaces: What are your Communities?

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CE-05-02-100 Visitor Response Card Station

Visitors use dry erase cards to share their own stories. Cards are placed in the rail system for other visitors to view.

This interactive includes the custom-printed response cards and dry-erase markers for visitors to record their stories. Interpretive and instructional text direct visitors in how to use this interactive.

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CE-05-02-200 Community Flipbook

Flip books will have scrapbook-style appearance with multiple images, articles, and headlines per page. Some images will require short explanatory captions.

There should be space for brief interpretive text in English and Spanish.

Emphasis will be on images over text.

Community – six 2-page spreads

1. African Community Center

2. Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association (CMAA)

3. Greater Lowell Indian Culture Association (GLICA)

4. Latinx Community Center for Empowerment

5. Arts Scene (Brush, Arts League of Lowell (ALL), Western Ave

6. Youth (Girls Inc, YMCA, YWCA, Boys and Girls Club)

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Exhibit 05-03 — Public Spaces: How Do Communities Clash?

CE-05-03-100 Visitor Response Card Station

Visitors use dry erase cards to share their own stories. Cards are placed in the rail system for other visitors to view.

This interactive includes the custom-printed response cards and dry-erase markers for visitors to record their stories. Interpretive and instructional text direct visitors in how to use this interactive.

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CE-05-03-200 Conflict Flipbook

Flip books will have scrapbook-style appearance with multiple images, articles, and headlines per page. Some images will require short explanatory captions.

There should be space for brief interpretive text in English and Spanish.

Emphasis will be on images over text.

Conflict – six 2-page spreads

1. Territory/Home

2. Class/Economics/Power

3. Race

4. Beliefs (Religious and/or Political)

5. Communication/Language/Education

6. External Stresses (disease, war)

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CE-05-03-210 Resistance Flipbook

Details to be provided by park.

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Exhibit 06-02 — Story Booth: Rail System Visitor Response

CE-06-02-100 Visitor Response Card Station

Visitors use dry erase cards to share their own stories. Cards are placed in the rail system for other visitors to view.

This interactive includes the custom-printed response cards and dry-erase markers for visitors to record their stories. Interpretive and instructional text direct visitors in how to use this interactive.

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Exhibit 07-02 — Lowell Comes Together: Many Facets Interactive

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CE-07-02-100 Facets

Visitors can select magnetic, pre-printed shapes with words, or write their own words on blank dry erase shapes, and build an ultimate shape that reflects them as a person, a family, or a community. In performing the exercise, we consider both what makes us unique and what we share. Exhibit text lightly encourages visitors to work together;

the interactive may be done by one person but more interesting dynamics arise when two people may share certain (but not all) traits.

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Exhibit 07-03 — Lowell Comes Together: Buttons Interactive

CE-07-03-100 "what Can I Do?" Buttons

Colorful take-away buttons with action statements printed on them serve as both a memento from the exhibit, and a reminder of how we all should play a part in our communities.

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