“Story Engines”

Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum
Honolulu, (Pearl Harbor), HI

Objective:

Offer visitors a depth of browsable content about submariner life, crew life, family life, submariner life during the Cold War and more. Provide a searchable database of over 4500 names to find a submariner of interest, contribute their own story, send an e-card, and find out about what the rest of the galleries offer relative to the content visitors engage with here.

Services:

Research, interactive development, content development in collaboration with the MIG Portico and PFSM staff, graphic design, and software development including database and Content Management System.

Description:

Visitors browse a depth of content about submariner life, crew life, family life, submariner life during the Cold War and more. Hundreds of photos, letters, scrapbook ephemera, cartoons and drawings are presented for visitors to explore. All content is updateable with a custom CMS. The kiosks are all linked to the larger submariner database searchable by submarine/vessel name, individual name, lost mariners, or all. References to content in other galleries is also available. In addition, visitors can add their own story or send an e-card from the museum.