Collecting + Exhibiting
Enabling public participation in history with digital tools, collections, and exhibits.
Omeka
Designed for cultural institutions, enthusiasts, and educators, Omeka is a platform for publishing online collections and exhibitions.
Histories of the National Mall
Histories of the National Mall makes visible the space's rich past for its millions of on-site visitors through a mobile-optimized website.
Scripto
Scripto is a free, open source tool that enables community transcriptions of document and multimedia files.
Contracts and Consulting
Hire us to consult, design a website, develop a plugin, run a workshop, or create public history content.
DH Training & Professional Development
Learn DH methods and tools, digital project development and management, or how to use Omeka.
Bracero History Archive
The Bracero History Archive collects and makes available the oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero guest worker program.
The September 11 Digital Archive
This archive collects, preserves, and presents the history of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
Papers of the War Department 1784-1800
42,000 documents of the early War Department are available online to scholars, students, and the general public.
Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives
The Soviet Gulag existed neither as a single unified experience, nor as a single unified institution.
Hurricane Digital Memory Bank
The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank collects, preserves, and presents the stories and digital record of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
This site offers a lively introduction to the French Revolution with an extraordinary archive of documentary evidence.
Object of History
Examine featured artifacts, all related to key topics in U.S. history, from the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
Martha Washington: A Life
Explore the contours of Martha Washington’s life while also gaining insight into women’s lives during the 18th century.
Serendip-o-matic
Serendip-o-matic connects your sources to digital materials located in libraries, museums, and archives around the world.
WebWise
IMLS's WebWise conference brings together representatives of museums, libraries, and archives interested in the future of high-quality online content and programming.
Mobile for Museums
Mobile for Museums provides a brief overview of what is being done in the mobile museum world and offers recommendations on economical development options.
Mozilla Digital Memory Bank
The Mozilla Digital Memory Bank is a permanent, open, peer-produced digital archive of Mozilla history.
Critical Infrastructure Protection Oral History Project
CIP documents the nation’s efforts to protect the systems and structures that are vital to the functioning of economy and society.
The Lost Museum
What would it have been like to visit P.T. Barnum's American Museum in 1865? Find out.
Probing the Past: Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories
This site is a portal to probate inventories between 1740 and 1810 in several counties of Virginia and Maryland.