Projects
Audio Tour Script Proposal
The Elms
climate and the gilded age
2021-22
Newport, RI
Partner: Preservation Society of Newport County
The Elms was built in 1901 as the summer home for Edward Berwind, the largest owner of bituminous coal mines in the United States. The mansion is managed as a house museum by the Preservation Society of Newport County, and visitors can explore its history using a self-guided audio tour. This script was written as an appendix to a masters thesis on climate crisis heritage, and proposes additions to the existing tour that introduce the climate crisis history of the building and its owner.
Historic Context Statement Lowell National Park
past energy transitions
2022-23
Lowell, MA
Partner: Lowell National Historical Park and Tsongas Industrial History Center
Lowell was one of the United States’ first industrial cities. In consultation with Supervisory Park Ranger Jamie Smith and her staff, CCHP guided an internal conversation to frame climate history within Lowell’s education programing, and drafted a historic context statement that connects LNHP to the history of the climate crisis. This document provides a source of alignment for staff who are using this research to revise a school field trip program. The new program will be tested in spring 2023.
Self-Guided Tour
Philadelphia Museum of Art
arts and culture in climate history
2023
Philadelphia, PA
Partner: none/guerilla interpretive strategy
The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s collection contains many artworks and artifacts connected to the history of the climate crisis. This unsanctioned self-guided tour brochure leads visitors to some of these objects currently on display.
