PROJECTS
Seed/Ed has collaborated with dozens of clients, helping museum and historic site staff connect with their communities in meaningful ways through the creative exploration of stories, objects, and places. Here are some snapshots of projects we’ve undertaken and the organizations we’ve had the pleasure of working with over the years. A comprehensive list of projects can be downloaded by clicking on the Project List button.
Interpretation / Content Development
DURANT-KENRICK HOUSE AND GROUNDS
In 2011 Historic Newton began the restoration and reinterpretation of the Durant-Kenrick House, a 1734 historic house museum that explores the stories of the families who lived in the home over three centuries through period rooms, interactive media, and exhibits geared toward a family audience. Seed/Ed served as the project researcher and writer, collaborating with the curator and designer on all interpretive elements including exhibit text, audio scripts, and hands-on interactives.
INTERPRETATION/content development clients
The Freedom Trail Foundation
James Michael Curley House
Leventhal Map & Education Center
Revolutionary Spaces
Wethersfield Historical Society
Bidwell House Museum
Chamberlin Mill
Forbes House Museum
Historic Beverly
Gov. Jonathan Trumbull House
Strategy / Planning / Facilitation
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
With its unparalleled collection and an already robust catalogue of educational offerings, the Massachusetts Historical Society sought to generate greater visibility and access to their resources for student and teacher audiences across the country. Seed/Ed surveyed the history and civics education landscape to identify key trends and best practices and gathered input from educators to inform program priorities, innovative strategies, staffing models, and funding opportunities to support the creation of the Center for the Teaching of History.
STRATEGY/PLANNING/FACILITATION CLIENTS
Museum Education Roundtable
National Parks of Boston
New Haven Museum
Old Sturbridge Village
Place-Based Boston
Steamship Historical Society of America
The Bostonian Society
Amesbury Carriage Museum
Fairfield Museum and History Center
Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area
Genesee Country Village & Museum
Historic Highfield Hall
Housatonic Heritage
Leventhal Map & Education Center
Program / Exhibit Evaluation
Education staff at the MIT Museum created Sail Through Engineering, a hands-on student workshop exploring the engineering design process, to compliment their exhibit Lighter, Stronger, Faster: The Herreshoff Legacy. Seed/Ed partnered with their team to develop and implement a comprehensive evaluation of the ambitious program, collecting data and feedback to measure and refine intended learning outcomes and determine how best to accommodate the needs of a variety of student audiences.
Program/Exhibit Evaluation CLIENTS
Olmsted National Historic Site
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
USS Constitution Museum
Cape Ann Museum
Chamberlin Mill
Forbes House Museum
Hill-Stead Museum
Training / Professional Development
Initially hired to develop a classroom curriculum highlighting local heritage resources, Seed/Ed sought input from local teachers resulting in the creation of a more useful resource: Housatonic Heritage’s Local Heritage Lab. Now in its fourth year, Local Heritage Lab is a year-long professional development program facilitated by Seed/Ed that provides teachers of all disciplines with opportunities to immerse themselves in personal learning at local heritage sites and a pedagogic framework for using landscapes, structures, artifacts, images, and documents to create the inquiry-focused lessons best-suited to their students’ needs.
Training/professional development clients
Newton Public Schools
Old North Church Historic Site
Olmsted National Historic Site
Upstander Project
Worcester Historical Museum
Boston National Historical Park
Boston People and Places
Boston University School of Education
Doors to History
Leventhal Map & Education Center
Newport Art Museum